Why I Will Never Read "Fifty Shades of Grey"

Seemingly out of nowhere, this book has become mega-popular and is even in the process of being made into a movie. Why exactly? It's not because it is particulary good, it's because sex sells. A simple and undeniable truth. I won't say that I don't completely understand the lure of getting lost in some erotic fantasy, but seriously, it feels wrong to become addicted to reading something so horrible as a billionaire jerk using some girl as a sex toy. Is this really what people are choosing to read? There is a whole world of books out there filled with amazing characters, intriguing storylines, and well thought out plots. Hell will freeze over before I waste my time on such talentless work as "Fifty Shades of Grey."

I am an aspiring writer, and like every aspiring writer, it is my dream to make it big. It is my dream to do exactly what the author of Fifty Shades has achieved:  to write a best-selling novel and watch it come alive on the big screen. It would be the most amazing feeling, and if  I ever could reach this seemingly unrealistic goal, it would make me feel fulfilled with life in a way I have never felt before. Writing was the first thing I was drawn to as a kid, and after all these years of putting it on the back burner and feeling not good enough to write, the fire for it is still there. That fire may have been just a small flame, but it has become much brighter now. It is like an old friend calling me home after being gone for so long.

And this is where the heart of my issue with this book lies:  there is so much talent out there, so many deserving books waiting to be published, but what gets the big deal instead?.... something that publishers know will get eaten up. Write about sex fantasies, or the equivalent of pornagraphy lets just say, and there you go, you are a best selling author. It seems sad and pathetic, and is the real reason why I won't read it and get sucked into it like everyone else. I am better than letting myself read that garbage. Reading truly talented works of art is what I seek, and I know that does not include "Fifty Shades of Grey," and it never will.