Dave Barry’s review of 50 shades of grey... (very funny)
http://time.com/3030375/dave-barry-50-shades-of-grey/
He pretty much nails it on a number of levels.
I like his mention that men cannot read women when it comes to when they want sex. Women would actually rather do without sex than let a guy they want it from know. That requires just too damn much effort on their part, while the guy they want it from would spend hours pleasing them if they’d only ask.
He came very close to covering another truism, and that’s that women are all into sex when dating, and then the (be back at “X”) sign goes up and the clock reveals that time about as often as if it was 26:37. (military time of course) And if by chance, it does reveal that time through a fluke of nature, it turns out it’s not convenient at that time anyway.
There’s also the decent guy syndrome, who sees the players picking up woman after woman with the worst lines ever presented clearly as a convenient vessel, but if he tries to court her, he’s somehow not being honest with her. Go figure...
Thanks for the link. It was a decent read.
- Dave Barry’s review of 50 shades of grey... (very funny)
- http://time.com/3030375/dave-barry-50-shades-of-grey/
I was going to post that if no one else did. I haven’t read the book, but I suspect Dave Barry did a great job.
Dave Berry’s review is better written than the book but only slightly more amusing. Granted the book wasn’t intentionally amusing.
Sadly it’s not the worst written book to ever be a success or made into a (bad) movie. Yes the movie is even worse than the book, and while this is common, I didn’t really think they could manage it in this case. Hollywood always manages to lower the bar somehow.
Also of note, the series eventually has the attractive billionaire give up his life of debauched BDSM themed exploits for the love of a good woman, which explains why the later books were not so popular.