50 Shades of Grey

OK.  Everyone has been talking about this book.  I have ignored it for so long.  I caved.  I bought it on Friday and finished it today.  It is an easy read/page turner.  BUT.  I didn't know what I was getting into when I bought it.  IF I HAD, I wouldn't have paid for it.  I honestly purchased this book because my BFF read Twilight and after making fun of her for months, I finally read it and thoroughly enjoyed it.  The movies?  Not so much. 

SO... what did I think?  Well.... The first few chapters were a bit boring, but I wanted to see what it was all about.  By chapter 8, I was completely embarrassed that I bought the book, allowed people to see me reading it, and that I told my mother in law that I was going to read it and she said that she ordered her copy from Amazon. 

I took it to the gym thinking that I would read it while I ran on the elliptical. I reached chapter 13 while I was there and I was COMPLETELY embarrassed.  I literally hid the book, flipped it over, and avoided eye contact with anyone as I quickly finished my workout and picked up the kids from child watch.  After we left the gym, my water bottle had leaked onto my book and the pages were soaked.  I was worried that I wasn't going to be able to finish it...

This book has very vulgar language and is very, VERY detailed... TOO detailed about very intimate sexual episodes.  I am not a details person when I read-when I talk/tell stories, yes :).  Too much description bores me with books/words and I end up skimming instead of reading and then I miss out and have to reread and then I quit reading the book.  

However, I paid for the book and understood that it was dirty and very naughty after I read those chapters 8-15 at the YMCA of all places; there was no way that I was going to put the book down and not finish reading it so I could "figure it out."

After starting to read it, I had heard that this book is making women "go crazy" in the bedroom.  Barf.  If women need a nasty, porno book to get them hot and heavy with their husbands, then I feel a little sorry for the wives. 

The whole book was dirty and XXX in my opinion.  It was all whips, handcuffs, paddles, pain....I am not afraid to admit that I know NOTHING about this stuff and after reading about it, I especially have no desire to learn any more about it.

I did read the whole book.  There is something about the story and all the media attention that made me want to know what the fuss was about.  It's not the best book I have ever read, but at least I read the whole thing.  Most books that I 'want' to read bore me and I end up not finishing them. 

My favorite part.... the end.  The last chapter.  Definitely a cliff hanger.  I will be purchasing Fifty Shades Darker.  And.... after reading that, maybe Fifty Shades Freed.