A game by Christian Grey

Does Christian Grey play chess? Who knows?

Does he have the time?

Question of priorities probably. But does he see the difference between black and white? Or are it all just shades of grey for him?

There are so many shades of grey, which does he prefer? It must give him quite a headache trying to decide.

I still need to meet the first woman that has not read his story. Anastasia's mate :-)

I read 3 chapters out of pure curiosity...

Moi. I have not.

I'm sure it's all about a painter named Christian who's work is monchromatic because he's color blind and there's a love interest I think...sounds dreadfully boring.

Well wolfbird, you are a first for me then. I even bought it for a relative. She had already read it..

Who is he?

Fifty Shades of Grey is a 2011 erotic romance novel by British author E. L. James. It is the first installment in the Fifty Shades trilogy that traces the deepening relationship between a college graduate, Anastasia Steele, and a young business magnate, Christian Grey. It is notable for its explicitly erotic scenes featuring elements of sexual practices involving bondage/discipline, dominance/submission, and sadism/masochism

It's a Twilight fanfic, poorly written, and with clear ignorance of BDSM.

However, 70 million "Twilight Moms" can't be wrong, eh?

I imagine he plays an aggressive opening leading to a quick mate.

Yes, but why do smart, strong, educated, successful and kind ladies all read the 3 books? Not because it is a marketing ploy. The book sold more copies than the entire harry potter series.

I know several who read it because of the hype, wanting to see what all the fuss was about, and then criticised it heavily upon having read it. Anecdotal, yes, but your string of adjectives is mostly subjective, so hey.

50 Shades of Grey (three books) sold 70 million copies. Harry Potter (seven books) sold 450 million.

Sure, they all have some kind of comment. But why read 3 books then? I hear a lot about the romance in it.. How does it end and can the girl turn this sick guy into a good one.. But others have a complete other take on it.. It also has to do with the dream of finding a wealthy and beautiful partner. And improving him, making him change his bad ways :-)

If 50 Shades of Grey was a Chess Opening it would be refuted on debut. Badly written by an Author who has read about the BDSM scene but never had any real life experience with it.

The Story of "O" is a far better example although it still has some flaws in it, so maybe we should start a thread "A Game by Sir Stephen" & see how it compares.

And for the true connosieur how about the works of De Sade a veritable Encyclopedia of Chess Openings for the BDSM world!

Finally someone who knows what they are talking about! It is extremely badly written and the writers knowledge of BDSM they probably got from TV shows such as Law and order, CSI and other shows that wouldn't know real bdsm if it bit them in the butt! Would love to see what these Soccer Moms think of Pauline Réage (aka Anne Desclos) or DeSade!

Would Christian Grey play chess? He would probably know the basics so that he could sit down at a chess board and look impressive and knowegable. He wouldn't have the time or desire (or intelligence) to learn more of it .

Did you read it? To that question i always get a yes... :-)

I know nothing about BDSM and would like to keep it that way. I do not think the readers want to know anything about that.

I read parts of it. It is dreadfully boring, but not because of colourblindness. Rather, it is pretentious and full of pointless stuff. (What's the deal with the inner goddess? Why does Anastasia's subconscious seem to hate her guts?)

There is a couple of rape scenes and Ana keeps comparing herself to Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Icharus, and though she is an English major fresh out of college she completely fails to see the irony of any of this, and in the end she decides that although the guy is a handsome self-made billionaire her own age and she (apparently) loves him and the sex is awesome (even when it's nonconsensual, a fact she seems to have no problem with) she is too good for him and walks out.

And then I put the book down, and I never went near any of the sequels.

But I read about them on a blog, and apparently they end with [spoiler alert] Steele and Grey getting married (ta da!) and her getting pregnant on the honeymoon, and all they ever do is argue, because Ana is such a strong and independent woman that she has to bitch about everything even though she knew perfectly well what she married.

Lol, extremely well written review!