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erostherose's review
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
“This is mine,” he whispers aggressively. “All mine. Do you understand?”
So firstly, LOL.
I’ve seen the movies multiple times and have never read the books although they’ve been on my bookshelf for years.
I went into this expecting a sense of unintended comedic relief, which I received. The book isn’t TERRIBLE for what it is but it’s definitely cringy and basic.
I’m not a “spicy” book reader but as a nonbinary, black and queer person… I am not the target audience nor did it reach my own wants if I was to read a spicy novel.
I watched the movie afterwards and it makes so much sense why people were so upset with the casting of Christian Grey. 😂 Again, not a spicy reader but I had high hopes of who could play these roles (excluding me knowing who was already casted)… so I can side with the Fifty Shades haters on that one.
I recommend this book if you are into BSDM adjacent ventures or a spicy book reader.. you’ll get a laugh or two by the end of it.
So firstly, LOL.
I’ve seen the movies multiple times and have never read the books although they’ve been on my bookshelf for years.
I went into this expecting a sense of unintended comedic relief, which I received. The book isn’t TERRIBLE for what it is but it’s definitely cringy and basic.
I’m not a “spicy” book reader but as a nonbinary, black and queer person… I am not the target audience nor did it reach my own wants if I was to read a spicy novel.
I watched the movie afterwards and it makes so much sense why people were so upset with the casting of Christian Grey. 😂 Again, not a spicy reader but I had high hopes of who could play these roles (excluding me knowing who was already casted)… so I can side with the Fifty Shades haters on that one.
I recommend this book if you are into BSDM adjacent ventures or a spicy book reader.. you’ll get a laugh or two by the end of it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Stalking
melancolei's review against another edition
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence
sombre_confetti's review
I only got a 100 pages in and had to stop. I don't force myself to read terrible, awful things.
The writing is juvenile in every way, it's so cliched it's ridiculous. Just because you change the names and descriptions of the characters from your Twilight fanfiction doesn't make it original fiction. There is no plot only sex and not good/hot sex either. The author has no idea what real sex is like. The sex in the book is unrealistic and if it happened in real life would be painful! The female lead acts like a naive, and clueless 16/17 year old not a 21 almost 22 year old is that is going to graduate with a degree in English Literature. She has the emotional depth of a puddle. The male lead is supposed to be well versed in BDSM sex but he has no idea how to have vanilla sex. Sex if done right, even if it's the females first time, should be pleasurable and there should be no blood on the sheets from penetration!
This book is awful! The author is a terrible, juvenile writer. The characters are one dimensional, and it's clear that she did no research into BDSM culture or American culture. There are British-isms all over the place.
The writing is juvenile in every way, it's so cliched it's ridiculous. Just because you change the names and descriptions of the characters from your Twilight fanfiction doesn't make it original fiction. There is no plot only sex and not good/hot sex either. The author has no idea what real sex is like. The sex in the book is unrealistic and if it happened in real life would be painful! The female lead acts like a naive, and clueless 16/17 year old not a 21 almost 22 year old is that is going to graduate with a degree in English Literature. She has the emotional depth of a puddle. The male lead is supposed to be well versed in BDSM sex but he has no idea how to have vanilla sex. Sex if done right, even if it's the females first time, should be pleasurable and there should be no blood on the sheets from penetration!
This book is awful! The author is a terrible, juvenile writer. The characters are one dimensional, and it's clear that she did no research into BDSM culture or American culture. There are British-isms all over the place.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Sexual harassment
malreads33's review
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Such bad grammar that it was distracting. The main character says, “Oh my,” as a response over 200 (!!!) times. I looked it up because it was getting so ridiculous. The character development felt inauthentic. The tragic backstory of the MMC was watered-down and glanced over, leaving him just looking like a kinky asshole who doesn’t want to be close to anyone, except he can’t help it because of some random alluring charm of the FMC. Also was deeply disturbed about the fact that child molestation is painted as okay, just because one of the characters found pleasure in being molested as a child. So gross and disturbing. Sigh. Would not recommend and won’t finish the series.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Blood
sydneyskidmore's review
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.25
Terribly written.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual violence
jess1983's review against another edition
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual violence
cc_1978's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Stalking
caroline_rose's review
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual violence
decemberreads0419's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Sexual violence
nicoletiff's review
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Stalking, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail