I haven't read it but the impression I got was (from other people's reviews) that it was badly written–not so much about the realism. The people who didn't like 50 Shades of Grey usually didn't like Twilight very much either (I am talking about my friends here–so not a very representative sample :P) ...
Might the hostility towards the book have to do with it originally being written as a fanfic? Maybe some members of the fanfic community feel resentful, or feel that the author didn't deserve her success? Or in short–might it be jealousy?
I can't imagine that the kinky sex was the reason for the hostility. Women like erotic fiction, no? It's our porn (that might come across as gender stereotyping). Women have always liked Lady Chatterly, The Story of O., the Viennese ladies always had a soft spot for Josephine Muztenbacher, while the English female readers all knew Moll Flanders. Since the introduction of the Kindle and the iPad, sales of erotica have increased, because now a lot of women can read their fix without having the husband and the kids see some lurid book cover :P.
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Date: 2012-07-12 03:18 am (UTC)Might the hostility towards the book have to do with it originally being written as a fanfic? Maybe some members of the fanfic community feel resentful, or feel that the author didn't deserve her success? Or in short–might it be jealousy?
I can't imagine that the kinky sex was the reason for the hostility. Women like erotic fiction, no? It's our porn (that might come across as gender stereotyping). Women have always liked Lady Chatterly, The Story of O., the Viennese ladies always had a soft spot for Josephine Muztenbacher, while the English female readers all knew Moll Flanders. Since the introduction of the Kindle and the iPad, sales of erotica have increased, because now a lot of women can read their fix without having the husband and the kids see some lurid book cover :P.