I had heard about the book in 2013 when my friends
discussed it in one of our internet discussions. My friend Lisa was not
impressed and could not understand the hysteria about it. That made me curious
and I asked her how I could get a copy of the book.
When the first in the triology came, I read the first
chapter and disgust, confusion rose in me. I kept it away from my children
instinctively. Then we moved house and I started reading about the fact that it
was going to be made into a film so I felt I needed to read it . I had a few
reasons that impelled me to want to finish the book. If it came into a film I
could not be sure how my children were going to come across it and I wanted to
be ready. I went back to 50 Shades again, and it was like walking through a
strange land.
I am Nigerian with a definite cultural background and
thus was prepared to be tolerant of quite a lot of things about the Western
culture. I always had to do double duty picking through aspects of the Western
culture that best complimented my Nigerian youths.
The concept of pain as a sexual thing is very strange and
frankly I had never read about BDSM, nor a submissive or a Dominant. I was
bewildered like Anastasia for most of the time. I was horrified that they were
humans who only had that way of sexual fulfillment. In my mother’s day, she
could not even dare discuss the simple act of procreation with me and we had
quaint names we gave the female monthly cycle and now I just dropped myself
into something way beyond my concept. It was an education. I resolutely turned
each page determined to read it to the very end and when Anastasia finally fled
I wanted to box her ears for crying.
I have my reservations, I agree that everyone to his own
poison as long as he recognized it was his own decision and he was very much
aware of the consequences of his actions, his thoughts and what he puts out in
creation for others to read.
I have always been very conscious of the written word,
its effects that outlives the writer and I try to pass that on to my friends.
What you write is like sowing seeds into minds you may never meet and you will
have to answer for them.
That however was not my only problem, there was the style
of writing which was very poor and then the grammar. It was quite interesting
to learn that Grammarly also had their own take on 50 shades. Let me share with
you.
50 shades of grammar
Although it topped bestseller lists around the world, E. L.
James’ erotic romance novel, Fifty Shades of Grey, was widely
panned by critics for its poor use of language.
The Grammarly team reviewed the book for
spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors, and learned that — although there
were some mistakes — the errors were in alignment with similar gaffes in
celebrated romances.
Below, check out some of the most frequent grammar mistakes
from Fifty Shades of Grey, as well as some quotes from classic
romances that also make these mistakes. The language of love really is a
language of its own!
You may want to check this link to know all about the 50shades
of Grammar.
I hope to chat pretty soon.
