
We spoke to NYC psychologist and relationship coach Dr.

I must be the color of 'The Communist Manifesto.'" If it’s not the quality of writing and it’s not the novelty of the storyline, then what the f*ck is it about "Fifty Shades" that makes us so cultish-ly obsessed? Sure, the sex scenes were pretty satisfying, but they were definitely not enough to stomach lines like, “My inner goddess is doing the merengue with some salsa moves” and “I feel the color in my cheeks rising again.

And yet, everyone from your teenage sister to your grandmother confessed to being so hooked, she finished the entire trilogy in record time. It followed a very basic plotline, reused cheesy language, and was a third-grade reading level equivalent.

“Fifty Shades of Grey” was certainly no literary masterpiece.
