*head desk*

[shipperx]

I'm reduced to hate-listening to the audible romance novel I mentioned yesterday.

I swear to god, the pretty pink princess heroine...

 Reads Greek, Latin, French, Italian, Shakespeare, Decartes, the Aenid, Austen,... and loves art, architecture, history and mathematics... and is versed flower arranging, sewing, cookery, and gardening... and is brilliant, humble, demur... and is generous,  kind and selfless... and  is beloved by all servants and in-laws alike (though not her family.  Of course.). .. and is almost preternaturally gifted with animals... AND LITERALLY RESCUES PUPPIES AND DROWNED KITTENS, and is generally -- and in almost every way -- perfect.

And yet...is also the unappreciated ugly duckling to her beautiful, diamond of the first water IDENTICAL TWIN SISTER. I'm not entirely sure how one becomes the ugly duckling to one's very own IDENTICAL twin, but she's managed to do it.

Dear lord, I think I hate her. The 'hero' is still nothing but a distant amalgam of cliches (though he REEKS of sexist bullshit) but on the whole isn't involving enough to drive me to dreams of unicorn goring (though I would not object to it).  The pretty pink princess on the other hand...  Dear lord.

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[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Heh.

I did get a giggle at one point where I began snarking in my head when it was her overhearing a Latin lesson and reveals that she totally knows Latin (of course she does) and then a few minutes later exposes that she knows Greek and Italian.

Then I did almost crack up during a sex scene when it is actually described (by the HERO no less) and her "touching him there"

I may have snorted. "oh no!" I thought, inwardly giggling, "not THERE!"

[silverusagi]

and her "touching him there"

That's exactly what Anastasia Steele does in 50 Shades. DOWN THERE.

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Except there's the addition of the inner goddess doing gymnastics in her head.

[silverusagi]

And doesn't she have someone else in her head that gives the inner goddess the side eye?

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

It's beginning to sound crowded in there.


Then again, from summaries, it's always sounded as though there might be plenty of spare room.

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Yep, her inner conscience - someone prissy, wearing glasses - can't really remember what she called her. (Actually that whole thing has been done before...but I can't remember who did it, I want to say James Thurber...but that can't be right. I know I've seen it done before though.)

50 Shades felt farcical in places...or at least the first novel did. I don't know if it was intentional.