like steel encased in velvet

[brandywine28]

Some marvelous soul has compiled some of the most cringe-inducing lines from 'Fifty Shades of Grey'. My personal favorite: "I found some baby oil. Let me rub it on your behind."

Comments

[eponymous.livejournal.com]

HOW IS THIS ACTUALLY GETTING PUBLISHED BY VINTAGE BOOKS?!

I'm assuming you might want an answer to this question and aren't just venting. (Though I would understand the vent!)

Publishing is in dire financial straits. Here's a novel with huge word-of-mouth and practically guaranteed sales, so yeah, somebody's going to leap on it. See also novels by Snookie, Nicole Richie, Lauren Conrad, Hilary Duff, etc. Nobody's publishing them because they're works of literary genius. They're publishing them because they sell.

I like to look at it this way: the more money publishers make, the more novels by unknown authors they can take a chance on. Though, more realistically: the more money publishers make, the less likely they are to go under next week. It's really bad out there, as I understand it.

[trumpeterofdoom.livejournal.com]

It was more of a vent. I just hate that drivel like this is actually getting mainstream recognition. Ugh.