Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James

11 reviews

elledanie's review against another edition

slow-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

2.5

Was going to give it only two stars but

love that they broke up as the ending😂 even tho I know they get back together🙄 Not cool for the author to not answer all questions or fill-in character/plot holes but to purposely drag it out into another book🙄🙄

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Grief, Stalking, Cursing, and Addiction

sobstory's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Child abuse

Minor: Drug abuse and Death of parent

eule's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Manly okayish and repetitive smut (as expected) and not much happening. The kinks were a little too weird for me. He is just abusive and she cannot stand up for herself. She literally screams: „I am not like other girls and I am naïve as fuck, so pls fuck me until I cry. Still, I liked the books more than the movies, which I watched a while ago. 

PS: I NEVER WANT TO HEAR AN „OH GOD“ OR „HOLY -WHATEVER-„ FROM HER AGAIN. 

PPS: thank you for the book Paula <3

PPPS: despite my hate, I am currently 200 pages into the second book. Apparently everything about him can get worse (the kink and the gaslighting and manipulation). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Sexual violence, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death of parent

planetshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny 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

3.0

Initial thoughts: This is the only book I’ve ever listened to in 3x speed because it’s the only book I was fine with only halfway comprehending. It was in Libby’s “Available Now” section, so I borrowed it. And no, I am not sure why I did it.

Reflection: But as it turns out, I feel that I have gained something by reading this series. I actually ended up listening to the audiobooks twice. The relationship is undoubtedly complicated, and so are many real ones, so it was interesting to analyze its evolution.

I ended up adding a half-star to my previous 2.5 after my second read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Alcohol, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Cursing, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Child abuse and Stalking

Minor: Addiction, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

babyygiraffe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death of parent and Adult/minor relationship

abc26's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Sexual content

Minor: Drug abuse, Addiction, and Death of parent

nidaelboustany's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Suicide, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Drug abuse

kaetheluise_nckl's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual content, Cursing, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Stalking and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit, Medical content, and Death of parent

danger_softie's review against another edition

funny tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

0.5

Never ending. Mediocre sex scenes. Literally nothing happens. Took me about 3 months go get through because of sheer procrastination. Go read better erotica on ao3.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Self harm

fanboyriot's review against another edition

sad 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

-5 stars*

Short Version:
- Unhealthy relationship is romanticized 
- No consent
- Actually plotless and not in a pwp way
- Painful to read
- Repetitive
- Overhyped
- Barely changing anything—except the names—from the original??
- Lazy writing tbh


Long Version:
I feel like this was one of those books were I could go off on a tangent every time I hear the name.  There are so many problems with it and yet there are so SO many people who read this as if it is the kinkiest, nastiest, amazing romance they had ever read.  How??  Frankly it’s very vanilla, so I’m just confused with why people are saying it is so X rated or the worst thing they have read in regards of smut.

There was no—to very little—consent is given with this relationship, which isn’t really my thing even in fiction.  I mean you are telling me that he made a big deal about what’s her face signing a contract (which was one of the only things that made sense) and then goes and hits her (without consent of course) before she signs it??  Makes SO much sense.  It’s not like she sobbed to her mom after that—oh wait.

BDSM is about communication, consent, things are discussed before scenes are done.  Limits/boundaries are respected and etc. this book has none of that.

This isn’t even talking about the characters I mean both of them were annoying.  Christian only liked Anastasia because she reminded him of his mom.  Yeah, not creepy at all…  They both needed therapy, Christian most of all.  Anastasia was one of those characters that “isn’t like other women” quirky, clumsy, nervous, shy, and boring to default.  Christian was one of those characters that was the “attractive rich man who everyone wants” the “man” had severe mommy issues and he is praised for it almost, he has past trauma that he takes out on others, he’s really clingy, and manipulative, and selfish, and boring as well to read.

To be honest I hate giving books this low of a rating, especially when I find out it started as a fan-fiction, however, even the fan-fiction seems to be exactly like the original work, again with just switching out the names.  How did this get so popular??  Do yourself a favor and just read the fan-fiction version on this if you what to, at least it’s free.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Violence, Misogyny, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Stalking, Racism, Pedophilia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit and Death of parent