https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:54:12 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fifty-shades-of-grey/page/2#post-1171955 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 13:52:49 +0000 Adira 1171955@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: haha, it's just one little scene! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fifty-shades-of-grey/page/2#post-1171950 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 13:51:08 +0000 mediagirl 1171950@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BananaPancakes: @Adira: there's a scene where they talk about a tampon? And people STILL read these books?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fifty-shades-of-grey/page/2#post-1171858 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 13:30:13 +0000 Adira 1171858@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BananaPancakes: RIGHT??? hahaha, I'm such a loser for nitpicking THAT part of the scene, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fifty-shades-of-grey/page/2#post-1171851 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 13:28:50 +0000 BananaPancakes 1171851@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: Hahaha! Oh my gosh, at least they could have shown proper disposal methods! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fifty-shades-of-grey/page/2#post-1171777 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 13:11:24 +0000 Adira 1171777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BananaPancakes: haha, that tampon scene bothered me for all the wrong reasons. I was all "Noooo!!! You can't throw that in the toilet!!!!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fifty-shades-of-grey/page/2#post-1171767 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 13:09:28 +0000 lovehoneybee 1171767@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I made it a third or so into the first one before I tossed it aside. I couldn't get past when she'd do things like refer to her vag as "down there". And (at least what I read, maybe they get better?) it read like bad fanfiction (which, if I remember correctly, it was originally a Twilight fanfiction?)</p> <p>Anyway, I can totally get into trashy novels (my favorite bathtub reads!) but I couldn't get into these at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fifty-shades-of-grey/page/2#post-1171762 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 13:08:51 +0000 BananaPancakes 1171762@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't read them and don't plan to. I've heard too many creepy things about it to want to, at this point. All it took was a description of a scene involving a tampon for me to be all, "hell no!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fifty-shades-of-grey/page/2#post-1171746 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 13:05:15 +0000 pastemoo 1171746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: I read them all, but I already like romance novels...<br /> :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fifty-shades-of-grey/page/2#post-1171714 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 12:59:42 +0000 Shutterbug 1171714@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: that's the thing that really makes me not want to read it. I mean, I even liked Twilight (the books) but there's no way I'm reading some middle-aged lady's fan fiction about bondage Bella. No thanks! Oh, that and also my MOTHER gave me her copy to read. Nope nope nope. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fifty-shades-of-grey#post-1171679 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 12:52:05 +0000 birdofafeather 1171679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i got through about halfway of the first one and just felt uncomfortable and weird. definitely NOT what i thought it was going to be about! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fifty-shades-of-grey#post-1170829 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 09:32:56 +0000 babycanuck 1170829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You should read The Edge of Never by J.A. Redmerski</p> <p>Much better writing </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fifty-shades-of-grey#post-1170826 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 09:31:30 +0000 LuLu Mom 1170826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I read the first two, couldn't make myself read the third. The horrible writing made me so mad as I was reading it, did they not use an editor? I'm not an English language expert nor do I claim to be, but typos and incorrect use of words in books drives me bonkers! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fifty-shades-of-grey#post-1170803 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 09:26:51 +0000 mrsjazz 1170803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't read any of the books and don't plan to. I read a lot and am kind of a book snob. There are way too many good books in the world for me to pick up that series! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fifty-shades-of-grey#post-1170791 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 09:24:11 +0000 TheSwissWifeStyle 1170791@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Danizaur: I know right! I was like, "3× a day...yeah right!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fifty-shades-of-grey#post-1170784 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 09:22:17 +0000 artsyfartsy 1170784@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TheSwissWifeStyle: Me too! The story got interesting the farther I got into it and I started skipping the sex scenes. I was like "Ugh! You're having sex AGAIN?"</p> <p>It was an okay read. Definitely not the mos thought provoking book but it was an easy quick and entertaining read. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fifty-shades-of-grey#post-1170782 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 09:22:01 +0000 mrsjyw 1170782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@illumina: yep, it was shockingly intriguing in the first book, but then for 2,3 I skipped over to read the storyline parts! :) all in all, i was just digging for the love story! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fifty-shades-of-grey#post-1170770 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 09:19:36 +0000 Happygal 1170770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't read them. My sisters have, and they once read a scene aloud to me that made me laugh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fifty-shades-of-grey#post-1170741 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 09:12:33 +0000 wahine08 1170741@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I read them and liked them but I can take these types of easy reads with a grain of salt. I ended up skipping over a few sex scenes to get through the story.</p> <p>It's pretty much exactly like Twilight, which I read and enjoyed as an easy read too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fifty-shades-of-grey#post-1170699 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 09:02:29 +0000 Adira 1170699@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Though I do appreciate it Fifty Shades of Grey made some of those other books more mainstream and people were able to read them with less embarrassment!</p> <p>If you liked Fifty Shades, you might enjoy books by Cherise Sinclair (like Club Shadowlands)! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fifty-shades-of-grey#post-1170695 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 09:01:39 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1170695@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't read them and don't plan to. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fifty-shades-of-grey#post-1170675 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:56:36 +0000 imbali 1170675@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: eep, sorry for the threadjack :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fifty-shades-of-grey#post-1170668 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:55:31 +0000 imbali 1170668@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: totally. I think it's sad because 'fetish' stuff like S&amp;M gets such a bad rap already and is so stigmatised that it really makes it difficult for people to engage in fulfilling sexual relationships when they're into something less mainstream (when it is hard enough already when you're just into 'normal' sex!).. so a huge hyped book gets an opportunity to say, some people enjoy *x* and it can be healthy and instead it becomes about him enjoying S&amp;M b/c of his mommy issues. what a waste! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fifty-shades-of-grey#post-1170642 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:49:35 +0000 Adira 1170642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bunnymommy: It probably doesn't help that I've actually read some GOOD S&amp;M books, so reading this was just horrifying to me! And I HATE to think that people think that this is what S&amp;M relationships look like!!! So glad I'm not the only one who feels this way! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fifty-shades-of-grey#post-1170637 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:48:54 +0000 MrsBrewer 1170637@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't read these. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fifty-shades-of-grey#post-1170631 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:47:41 +0000 imbali 1170631@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: THIS. It irritated me so much that it was hailed by some people as a way to kind of make S&amp;M mainstream and acceptable, when it didn't really seem to be about a healthy consensual S&amp;M sexual relationship - it was about a damaged controlling and abusive man and an abused woman. eh. not for me at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fifty-shades-of-grey#post-1170622 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:46:02 +0000 luckypenny 1170622@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I read them while I was preggo to pass the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fifty-shades-of-grey#post-1170618 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:43:43 +0000 Adira 1170618@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I read the first one, but couldn't read the rest. Like @bunnymommy: it was too abusive for me to get into. It really does a horrible job depicting what S&amp;M relationships are actually like and that really bothered me. Plus the main character was annoying. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fifty-shades-of-grey#post-1170614 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:42:16 +0000 dookie32 1170614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope- no interest. From the excerpts I've read online, I can't believe so many people have actually read them- the writing is awful, even the writing about the sex stuff. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fifty-shades-of-grey#post-1170603 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:36:53 +0000 illumina 1170603@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TheSwissWifeStyle: @mrsjyw: I thought it was just me!! I mentioned this to a couple of friends and they were like "what?! I skipped the story to get to the sex parts...!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fifty-shades-of-grey#post-1170599 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:35:33 +0000 mediagirl 1170599@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't read it and have no interest in them. Those types of books don't really interest me. I don't understand why these got all this hype. </p>