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A review by celjla212
Fifty Shames of Earl Grey by Andrew Shaffer, Fanny Merkin
4.0
When the young, arrogant business executive Earl Grey meets the virginal, naive Anna Steal sparks fly. Soon, he is buying her workplace so she can be with him. Then he tells her about his dirty secret--he has fifty shameful habits, such as shopping at Wal-mart and loving Nickelback. Not to mention, his sexual tastes are a little...different. He's into BDSM: bards, dragons, sorcerers, and magick. Will all this be too much for innocent Anna to handle?
Let me preface this review by saying I have NEVER read the Fifty Shades of Grey series, nor do I ever plan to. I believe it's overhyped, badly written fan fiction, and I cannot for the life of me understand why people keep buying it. A little piece of me dies every time I see that one of my friends is reading it. The bibliophile in me has a strong desire to kill it with fire.
That being said, I obviously cannot avoid it. If it's not on someone's book blog, it's being spoofed on Saturday Night Live. As much as I hate it, it's getting its' 15 minutes. So, I know the basics of the book. Fifty Shames is a perfect parody.
Earl Grey is the damaged, ridiculously rich sexual deviant. Anna is the less than brilliant, naive virgin. She covers her roommate Kathleen's interview with Earl, then falls instantly in love with him. Within a week, they're in bed together and he wants to control her. He buys her an iPad, which she can work despite never having a computer.
This book's parallels to the original are hilariously twisted. Where Ana is always saying, "Holy crap," Anna has, "Gasp!". Ana listens to her inner goddess, whereas Anna has an inner guidette. In the original book, Ana is never able to be a grown woman and use the words "penis" and "vagina", much less the dirtier terms. In Fifty Shames, Anna calls Earl's member such names as "turgid python" and "meatsicle."
The sex scenes are filled with ridiculous dialogue--though this book does it on purpose, unlike Fifty Shades. For example:
I would definitely recommend this book to Fifty Shades haters--I found some laugh out loud moments in it. If you're a Fifty Shades fan--well, maybe if you read this you'll see why everyone makes fun of the book all the time. Sadly (or luckily, for me), this parody book was written better than the book from which it sprang.
Let me preface this review by saying I have NEVER read the Fifty Shades of Grey series, nor do I ever plan to. I believe it's overhyped, badly written fan fiction, and I cannot for the life of me understand why people keep buying it. A little piece of me dies every time I see that one of my friends is reading it. The bibliophile in me has a strong desire to kill it with fire.
That being said, I obviously cannot avoid it. If it's not on someone's book blog, it's being spoofed on Saturday Night Live. As much as I hate it, it's getting its' 15 minutes. So, I know the basics of the book. Fifty Shames is a perfect parody.
Earl Grey is the damaged, ridiculously rich sexual deviant. Anna is the less than brilliant, naive virgin. She covers her roommate Kathleen's interview with Earl, then falls instantly in love with him. Within a week, they're in bed together and he wants to control her. He buys her an iPad, which she can work despite never having a computer.
This book's parallels to the original are hilariously twisted. Where Ana is always saying, "Holy crap," Anna has, "Gasp!". Ana listens to her inner goddess, whereas Anna has an inner guidette. In the original book, Ana is never able to be a grown woman and use the words "penis" and "vagina", much less the dirtier terms. In Fifty Shames, Anna calls Earl's member such names as "turgid python" and "meatsicle."
The sex scenes are filled with ridiculous dialogue--though this book does it on purpose, unlike Fifty Shades. For example:
"I'm going to do it to you doggy style," Earl says.
"Should I bark?" I ask.
"Why would you bark?"
"Well, I thought maybe that's why they called it doggy style."
I would definitely recommend this book to Fifty Shades haters--I found some laugh out loud moments in it. If you're a Fifty Shades fan--well, maybe if you read this you'll see why everyone makes fun of the book all the time. Sadly (or luckily, for me), this parody book was written better than the book from which it sprang.