So all the girls in the office were going on about this book and I decided to read a couple chapters to see what all the hub bub was about. The author should collect as much money as she can off these book, because there won’t be much more of that coming her way. Horribly written, trite unrealistic characters, terrible treatment of women, predictably pathetic plot. Even the sex (the only reason people read this crap) was horribly written.
http://www.themoviespoiler.com has a complete synopsis of the book.
There is no need to pay for the movie OR read the book.
It is pretty much a storyline version of the book.
As a young engineer, I worked with an older, senior engineering type who had a bad habit, one that today would get him sent off to the HR Reeducation Camp. Again.
He told dirty jokes. All the time.
Which, in those days, wasn't really a problem and I wouldn't have minded too much ...
Except that THEY WEREN'T FUNNY. At All. They were stupid and boring.
Nothing worse than a perverted joke that doesn't even have the dubious redeeming factor of being funny ...
But descriptions of sex almost always represent the nadir of any author's output. The Brits have a gag literary award given to the worst sex scene in anything published the previous year. There are never any shortages of entrants and the winners are usually notable authors who can usually create engaging characters, worthwhile plots, and turn a good phrase, but somehow come to pieces when writing what used to be called "the naughty bits".