50 Shades of questions

50 Shades of questions.....

So, I've just finished reading 50 shades of Grey by E.L James. At first I was keen to read the two suceeding books because I found it to be quite captivating, and honestly, curiosity got the better of me and I wanted to know what happens next.

I won't lie and say I din't enjoy the book, cause I did. It was quite intriguing, and an interesting read, and yes, sometimes I did find myself smiling at the dialogue between Christian and Anastasia, especially the email conversations.

But in all honesty, being a woman, I found myself at times frustrated with Anastasia, and seriously thinking about a number of issues that I picked up on the book:

1. Power relations between men and women - I found myself really questioning the power relations between men and women. Who has the power; is it the woman who dresses sexy and can arouse a man when she wants to, or the alter-ego man who represents masculinity, and possess something the woman so badly wants (at the moment), that she doesn't have? what was the real attraction to Christian, was it the arrogance, the material wealth or it was sexual, i.e. the way the pants hang from the waist?

2. Being deceived by your own body- how strange that the body can deceive one, but responding pleasurably to something one would consider to be painful. Do we actually have control over our bodies, or is it a matter of how weather or not we want the body to respond in a certain way in our minds, and in another in our emotions?

3. We all have skeletons - you can have it all, but at the end of the day, we're all human and want more or less the same thing. To love, and be loved, and be fulfilled in our lives. Even  Christian, the greek god, wants 'more'.

Have you read the book? What were your thoughs?

Laters baby,
Lady B!