as 50 sombras

Not everyone is happy about this new vogue for bondage, domination, sadism and masochism (BDSM). Domestic- violence activists are campaigning for a film boycott, while scientists at the US University of Michigan last year published a study saying that women who had read the book were 25 per cent more likely to have been in an abusive relationship, 34 per cent more likely to have been with someone who “exhibited stalking tendencies”, and 65 per cent more likely to binge-drink.

Telegraph

Um retrato das leitoras "das sombras":

• Relações conflituosas
• Parceiros abusivos
• Alcoólicas

A mais velha história de sempre:

In the end – spoiler alert – they compromise: she gets marriage and babies (not to mention an Audi A3 and a laptop); while he gets some Red-Room action. As one online commentator summarised: “She is sweet and pure but poor as dirt, and he is messed up by consequence of birth but saved by her, and he rescues her physically and gives her security and a family.” In other words, Barbara Cartland with inner goddesses and leather switches.

Por fim ... aceitam um compromisso: ela casa e tem bebés (mais um Audi e um laptop); e ele tem as cenas do quarto vermelho. Como resumiu um comentador: "Ela é fofinha e pura mas pobrezinha, e ele sofre de "afluência" mas é salvo por ela, e ele salva-a e dá-lhe segurança e uma família. Por outras palavras, Barbara Cartland com Cinderelas e alavancas de couro.

Em resumo, um romance de cordel para serviçais.