Review: A fun, if not overly long, erotic parody
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 9, 2013
This is definitely not a work to be taken seriously, although every once in a while it does try to be something other than a parody of Fifty Shades of Grey. Essentially what this is, in a nutshell, is a parody mixed in with Alice in Wonderland. Choosing the Lewis story is somewhat of a good choice, considering that it's supposed to contain themes along the lines of "girl on the cusp of womanhood".In any case, if you're wondering if this is any good as "that kind of " fodder, it's not. Not really. The sex is rather lovingly detailed here and fairly imaginative for entry level erotica (no pun intended), but the intent here isn't really to entice but to mock its source material. You could get some enjoyment from reading the scenes, but I'll be honest in that this isn't the best erotica out there. Then again, the intent of this isn't to be the most erotic erotica.Joke-wise, this is decent. I chuckled more than a few times while reading this, especially at the not-so-subtle pokes at Amazon's ability to sell anything. And I mean anything- do a search sometime and you'll be surprised at what you can find. However I'll warn readers that this isn't really a parody of Fifty Shades or Alice per se, but more just a parody of the idea of Fifty Shades being an erotic retelling of a well-known and established piece of fiction. In that it definitely accomplishes its goal, although to give an absolute parody of FSOG I would recommend that the author takes FSOAIW, changes the names, and then re-publishes it for profit.All in all, this was a pretty fun read and a decent sendup of Fifty Shades. My only gripe is that after a while the sendup seemed to drag on a little longer than necessary. I think that was intentional, given that Fifty Shades went on far longer than its source material and also suffered from being overly long.