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It's seriously all I'm hearing about.. people who've shown no remote interest in reading are now reading this? And when I've asked what it's about the response has been "It's a porn book".

What is the hype?

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Reply 1

Helen95

I've been hearing the same thing - 3 of my friends have started reading and think it's a great book, despite one saying "It's 80% porn, 20% story." Can't understand it either, though some seem to say it's 'cute'! Beats me!

Reply 2

Miracle Day

Original post by Helen95

Glad it's not just me!

Reply 3

Stir fried Giblets

Yeah, all of a sudden I've started hearing about this book. I wonder what the hype is? I can find decent erotica online with porn and plot :tongue:

My mam wants to buy it on her ebook, so I won't be reading it any time soon. Don't wanna see what filth she's reading haha! :wink:

Reply 4

JKGB

I bought it on Amazon for about £3 just to see what the hype was, and I don't get it! It starts off well but I'm 300 pages in and really bored with it.

Reply 5

tpxvs

ahh im also hearing a lot about this!

Reply 6

Sophie1805

I bought it today, because I had heard loads about it!
(Finished exams, and so walked into Tesco with the intention on stocking up on loads of books)..
However, I had no idea of the plot 'til I got home, oops!

Reply 7

username540512

Terrible work of erotica. Plot is basically; billionaire finds cute girl. They have sex. The sex gets kinkier and kinkier.

It seriously feels like it's been written by teenagers. The main character is tall, dark, handsome, a billionaire, has an enormous dick, doesn't have to work much, spends his money helping those in poverty, ripped, etc. Basically all of the mainstream attractive traits blown up massively in proportion.

Throw in cute virgin girl discovering her darker sexual desires and you have a wonderful formula for wetting the panties of the more reserved female readers. It's the literary equivalent of really cliche porn. All exaggerated oooh and aaahing, not much real substance.

Reply 8

chimocho

It seems to be popular with the older generation more than the demographic it's written for. Mums especially seem to like it, because it's kinky and exciting for them. The only younger people who seem to enjoy it are ones who have little to no idea about literature at all. It's appallingly written and the story is just the same rehashed love triangle with a whole lot of erotica thrown in.

Reply 9

Helen95

Wasn't it based off Twilight fanfiction or something?

Reply 10

arichmond64

Haha, its just one big mainstream cliché, kinda like porn for women, who don't like regular porn.

Like someone said, the guy is just the ultimate fantasy man!

Again like someone else said, the people who like it are people who actually have no idea about writing, and books etc. Basically people who like Twlight and Justin Bieber or JLS (I'm no expert myself, but its obvious to me this is the case)

Reply 11

Miracle Day

Original post by arichmond64

Haha

Reply 12

youjustburnkid

Hahaha, discussed it extensively with our english teacher in class today. Apparently it's a hot topic in the staffroom at my school!

Reply 13

A Cat

only nerds read porn... the cool guys watch it all the time... at home.... alone...

Reply 14

EffieFlowers

It's a book that used to be a Twilight fanfic, says it all.

Reply 15

Harley

I read the first chapter online a while ago and the writing is terrible, you can tell it's just a dressed-up fanfic, it's so bad it's cringeworthy!

Reply 16

boba

did it really used to be a twilight fan fic? oh dear how did such a thing get published?

Reply 17

OmicronPersei8

Its basically badly written fan-fiction. It fetishes a very messed up relationship with a man who was sexually abused as a child. I read a beautifully scathing review of it on Goodreads that pretty much sums up all my feelings to this pos book

Reply 18

affinity89

I've read about it and how it started off as fanfiction etc.

As others have said, lol, if you want mucky stories, you can find plenty on the next for free lol.

It was the topic of conversation in the staffroom yesterday, as the EYFS teacher is reading it. Another teacher insisted on reading out random sections and we all agreed:
a. The writing style is terrible.
b. The phrases used are really stupid and completely ridiculous at times.
c. The fuss is unjustified lol.

I won't be bothering to read it myself. :smile:

Reply 19

littleone271

It's not particularly well written but it's not THAT bad and it's quite a fun read.. I don't mind reading things that aren't necessarily intellectually stimulating to be honest... It's just pure escapism really.