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LadyOfLindens t1_j1kgr2g wrote

Reply to comment by Splunkzop in TIFU by getting my 66 year old father a book by Choice_Ad9265

My grandma once announced to me and some of my cousins and her daughters that she read 50 Shades and it was boring and unimpressive. We all nearly died and she was shrugging it off like it was no big deal. None of us expected her to even know about it let alone having read it… LET ALONE HAVING READ IT AND FOUND IT BORING AND VERY UNDERWHELMING

Granted she and Grandpa made 13 babies together so I guess they kept things fresh between them 😝

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Beach_Dreams2007 t1_j1kqys4 wrote

The writing is painful. PAINFUL. I couldn’t get into it because I couldn’t get past the writing.

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ezio1452 t1_j1kv6f4 wrote

The movie is equally painful. So fucking cringe.

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northerngurl333 t1_j1kv40n wrote

I read it and then needed to read a real book- like the Chinese food of literature.

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Mr_Abra t1_j1lplh5 wrote

I misunderstood on first glance and thought you needed to read a real book, like a Chinese food menu. I giggled. That was all.

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LadyOfLindens t1_j1lrhbk wrote

Ih that’s interesting to note as poor writing can definitely ruin a book! I’ve never read it myself and never intended in it so I hadn’t heard about the quality issue before.

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N7_Hellblazer t1_j1o0n4a wrote

Honestly it’s like poorly written fan fiction. I believe it was based on the writers twilight fan fiction but don’t quote me on that.

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Raichu7 t1_j1l6c85 wrote

It’s poorly written and most of the sex scenes are assault. I don’t understand why it’s so popular.

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LadyOfLindens t1_j1lrjwk wrote

A lot of poorly written material gets popular tbh. And so many incredibly written pieces get overlooked and remain mostly unknown. Sad fact of the literary world it seems!

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Atze-Peng t1_j1n22ia wrote

My great grandmother read romantic smut hybrids all her life. Don't think this stuff didn't exist back in the day

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LadyOfLindens t1_j1n4w08 wrote

Exactly! We grow up thinking we’re so modern with stuff our grandparents and beyond couldn’t comprehend but nah we’re all humans and it’s all been done to some degree in some way before XD

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Atze-Peng t1_j1nmbsj wrote

I mean, people back then didn't get to have 6+ kids by not enjoying sex.

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