Here's the thing about El James's best-selling erotic-novel-turned-global-sensation Fifty Shades of Grey: it's not just badly written. Badly written by itself wouldn't be worthy of a feature. James's prose - laden as it is with earnest exclamations, weirdly placed ellipses and tone-deaf metaphors - is flat-out bizarre.
Now that the big-screen versions of Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele have been cast, we felt inspired to look back on some of the book's most inexplicable extracts.
"His voice is warm and husky like dark melted chocolate fudge caramel... or something."
Or something. We get what you're going for, El James.
"And from a very tiny, underused part of my brain - probably located at the base of my medulla oblongata near where my subconscious dwells - comes the thought: He's here to see you."
The core of our frontal lobe, which is the area of the brain that controls logical reasoning,...
Now that the big-screen versions of Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele have been cast, we felt inspired to look back on some of the book's most inexplicable extracts.
"His voice is warm and husky like dark melted chocolate fudge caramel... or something."
Or something. We get what you're going for, El James.
"And from a very tiny, underused part of my brain - probably located at the base of my medulla oblongata near where my subconscious dwells - comes the thought: He's here to see you."
The core of our frontal lobe, which is the area of the brain that controls logical reasoning,...
- 9/3/2013
- Digital Spy
Danielle Hope has become the bookmakers' new favourite to triumph on Over The Rainbow. The 17-year-old student has impressed the judges and Andrew Lloyd Webber on the first two live shows with performances of Daniel Merriweather's 'Red' and Amy Studt's 'Just A Little Girl'. Following Sunday's results show, Paddy Power made Hope 6/4 to win the role of Dorothy in the BBC One talent contest. Previous favourite Jessica Robinson's (more)...
- 4/12/2010
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
Amy Studt has revealed that she adopted a fake name to make her pop comeback.
The singer, who scored top ten singles with 'Misfit' and 'Under The Thumb' before being dropped by her label in 2004, made her return to the music industry under the guise of 'Jane Wails'.
She told Ds: "I was quite frightened of getting on stage and people having preconceived ideas of what I was about. I didn't want them saying, 'Ooh, isn't she that girl from before, blah blah blah?'
"I . . .
The singer, who scored top ten singles with 'Misfit' and 'Under The Thumb' before being dropped by her label in 2004, made her return to the music industry under the guise of 'Jane Wails'.
She told Ds: "I was quite frightened of getting on stage and people having preconceived ideas of what I was about. I didn't want them saying, 'Ooh, isn't she that girl from before, blah blah blah?'
"I . . .
- 4/22/2008
- by Nick_Levine_imdb_@digitalspy.co.uk (Nick Levine)
- Digital Spy
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