I heard about it months ago on the 10 o’clock news. Shortly after, Dr. Oz dedicated an entire segment of his show to it. Women, from all walks of life, had been changed, along with the dynamics of the intimate relationships they were in by it. The whispers and blatant posts of people I personally knew and interacted with. And one day, she turned to me and said, “We need that book!” If you’ve read any of my previous posts, you know first hand that there is something we need. Sure, the idea that a book is going to bring us out of the phase that we are in at the moment is hilarious, but, at that moment, all we knew was we loved each other and anything someone said might work, we were both willing to try.
Her on her kindle app and me on mine, we each downloaded the first installment of the trilogy. This book was rekindling flames and sparking sparks in people and relationships that dried up years ago. As a matter of fact, just the other day, one of my childhood friends posts on FB read, “After reading the Fifty Shades of Grey books, my shopping list includes handcuffs, blindfolds, a whip, and some wine …” About a week later, I heard particular “toys” were flying off the rack and the increase in sales in certain departments reflected that and experts believed it was because of the book. By this time, though, I’d already finished the first and the majority of the second parts of the story, realizing that I too had been moved – I wanted a submissive of my own, that would come and visit my girlfriend and I on the weekends. The most amazing part of that idea, though is the confidence I have knowing I would know exactly what to do with her.
Reading this book has been extremely pleasurable. Pleasurable is no surprise, either. The content of the book is erotic; the book falls into the erotica section of book stores. But, besides the content and nature of the book, the book itself and how plots and characters came to fruition, how the author manipulated every literary tool at his disposal to introduce Christian’s sexually deviant lifestyle and accompanying behaviors, expectations, and the deep rooted issues that perpetuated the mercurial antagonist of the book. I really appreciated being turned into Anastasia each time I turned the page. He exposed her to a life she couldn’t wrap her head around, but then again she could at the same time. She, just like the majority of readers had never been exposed to the contents of the book, but just like Anastasia who is described by Christian Grey as always ready and very curious each reader thirstily continues to turn the page.
The reader, just like Christian’s Ana finds themselves exhilarated. This is a mesmerizing story, although, it wouldn’t be if it weren’t for the authors presentation and style. Thanks to the authors genius, we can find a lot of ourselves, to our damned surprise, in each lover. No matter how much I could tangibly imagine adopting some of Christian’s style to make my own, at the end of the day, I, and the majority of other readers are the author’s Anastasia. The longing the book insights is complimented by the author and how it’s fed to us. And if by chance the longing that is felt isn’t to find and Anastasia or be a Christian Grey, I can guarantee you will long to experience the chemistry and energy shared between the two which gets a lot of respect!
If you haven’t picked up 50 Shades of Grey, you haven’t lived. If you can’t appreciate the content, you could find joy in how the author commands the attention and physical emotions of the reader. If the content is too steamy, use it as a tool to educate yourself on different ways of life. Also, it doesn’t hurt to know – while it falls in the erotica section of the book store, this is an amazing love story. The next post is going to discuss the actual book, so don’t divulge too much information, but how did this book make you feel? Did it do anything for you?
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