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3.24 AVERAGE
3.24 AVERAGE
The books, IMO, went consistently downhill. This book is more of a 2.5 star for me, but not an option. I fell between liking it (not really liking it or loving it) and reading it to finish the series. I felt as though the characters were super watered down in this book and things became predictable and a little boring.
***Revised Review 2015***
Well, Fifty Shades fever is upon us again and after reading yet another article about it on my Facebook I made the decision to re-read the series.
My rating in these books has been significantly downgraded with this reading and I cannot imagine a circumstance when I will read them again. If you MUST read any part of this series to keep up with the talk around the water cooler, read the first book and then pretty much assume that Ana will continue to be ridiculously stupid and Christian will be a raging control freak and you've got the gist of it.
Let's be honest, what women liked about this book was the light bdsm that really hasn't worked its way into mainstream fiction until this book. Oh, I have no doubt that there is a ton of bdsm erotica that is tons better than this, but in any case that's what people are reading it for. Toss in Anastasia as the "any woman" (not that smart, frumpy, doesn't think she's that pretty) and, let's be honest, on paper Christian Gray is H-A-W-T. The book tells us he is. He's a snappy dresser. He plays piano. He dances. He likes tons of "toss you around and make you say his name" sex. He's damaged (yay! a project!). He's possessive. He's jealous.
Okay, ladies, some of us like some of that. But when Christian bars Ana from seeing friends and tracks her down like a psycho on multiple occasions, it stops being desirable and starts being gross.
Christian and Ana, really, are shitty characters. They don't grow through the books at all, except Ana is allowed to play with Christian's nipples by the end of book three. Ana goes from being somewhat capable to a petulant nudist who can't do a damn thing for herself. And, she's terminally stupid.
The writing is garbage. Typos litter the book. The author employs shitty descriptive tactics which include Ana's annoying as shit "inner goddess" and describing settings as "all leather and taxidermy". Every. Single time she has to describe a setting.
One more point, the author writes the sex scenes as though she's never had sex ever. Seriously. How many times have you had an orgasm on demand. Probably as many times as me.
So, folks, do yourself a square. Skip these books.
***Original Review***The books, IMO, went consistently downhill. This book is more of a 2.5 star for me, but not an option. I fell between liking it (not really liking it or loving it) and reading it to finish the series. I felt as though the characters were super watered down in this book and things became predictable and a little boring.
Well, Fifty Shades fever is upon us again and after reading yet another article about it on my Facebook I made the decision to re-read the series.
My rating in these books has been significantly downgraded with this reading and I cannot imagine a circumstance when I will read them again. If you MUST read any part of this series to keep up with the talk around the water cooler, read the first book and then pretty much assume that Ana will continue to be ridiculously stupid and Christian will be a raging control freak and you've got the gist of it.
Let's be honest, what women liked about this book was the light bdsm that really hasn't worked its way into mainstream fiction until this book. Oh, I have no doubt that there is a ton of bdsm erotica that is tons better than this, but in any case that's what people are reading it for. Toss in Anastasia as the "any woman" (not that smart, frumpy, doesn't think she's that pretty) and, let's be honest, on paper Christian Gray is H-A-W-T. The book tells us he is. He's a snappy dresser. He plays piano. He dances. He likes tons of "toss you around and make you say his name" sex. He's damaged (yay! a project!). He's possessive. He's jealous.
Okay, ladies, some of us like some of that. But when Christian bars Ana from seeing friends and tracks her down like a psycho on multiple occasions, it stops being desirable and starts being gross.
Christian and Ana, really, are shitty characters. They don't grow through the books at all, except Ana is allowed to play with Christian's nipples by the end of book three. Ana goes from being somewhat capable to a petulant nudist who can't do a damn thing for herself. And, she's terminally stupid.
The writing is garbage. Typos litter the book. The author employs shitty descriptive tactics which include Ana's annoying as shit "inner goddess" and describing settings as "all leather and taxidermy". Every. Single time she has to describe a setting.
One more point, the author writes the sex scenes as though she's never had sex ever. Seriously. How many times have you had an orgasm on demand. Probably as many times as me.
So, folks, do yourself a square. Skip these books.
***Original Review***The books, IMO, went consistently downhill. This book is more of a 2.5 star for me, but not an option. I fell between liking it (not really liking it or loving it) and reading it to finish the series. I felt as though the characters were super watered down in this book and things became predictable and a little boring.
WHY AREN'T THERE NEGATIVE RATINGS? I WANT TO BLEACH MY BRAIN. THAT WAS SUCH A BORE AND WHY DID I DO THIS TO MYSELF?!
I read all three in one weekend. Very good love story.
Barbara Cartland meets the Marquis de Sade. And no, this is not a good thing. *vomits into a bucket at the ending*
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
DNF
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On top of the bad writing, there were so, oh so many things that Christian said that kept of skeeving my out because it was so obviously abusive. I just couldn't keep reading it, don't think I'm the only one who gave up on the book and by the wikipedia I read to catch up on the rest of the plot I'm glad I stopped where I did. *shrugs*
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On top of the bad writing, there were so, oh so many things that Christian said that kept of skeeving my out because it was so obviously abusive. I just couldn't keep reading it, don't think I'm the only one who gave up on the book and by the wikipedia I read to catch up on the rest of the plot I'm glad I stopped where I did. *shrugs*
I think that the 50 shade series was pretty good. Though I was uncomfortable at first with all those sex references, I grew used to it as I kept reading and reading.
Sometimes Christian would piss me off but he managed to do it in a sexy way, especially at the end of the first book after he spanked Ana (that was quite hilarious by the way though I didn't fully appreciate it)
Ana was a great character. the only thing I didn't like with her is that she could NEVER -like,NEVER- say no to Christian. that's why I was jumping up and down when she said red to Christian in the last book when he was sexually teasing her. I had that Demi Lovato wide smile on my lips. HAPPY!!! XDDDDDDDDDD
Kate was just a friend, well to me, that's what it felt like. she was annoying sometimes but I loved the fact that she genuinely worried about Ana, especially when she found out about the contract (I think it was the contract- don't really remember)
ANAYWAYS, Mia was too girly. I loved Elliot-Christian's brother who married Kate, I liked Evan-Kate's brother who loved Mia. Wait, sincerely, who would want Mia? I imagined her with a high-pitched voice, the perfect definition a girl. And trust me, I don't like those kinda people.
well, besides this, it was a good book to me, very good.
And oh, I ADORED Taylor. Awesome man, XDD A good character.
50 shades was a good book, pretty good.
Sometimes Christian would piss me off but he managed to do it in a sexy way, especially at the end of the first book after he spanked Ana (that was quite hilarious by the way though I didn't fully appreciate it)
Ana was a great character. the only thing I didn't like with her is that she could NEVER -like,NEVER- say no to Christian. that's why I was jumping up and down when she said red to Christian in the last book when he was sexually teasing her. I had that Demi Lovato wide smile on my lips. HAPPY!!! XDDDDDDDDDD
Kate was just a friend, well to me, that's what it felt like. she was annoying sometimes but I loved the fact that she genuinely worried about Ana, especially when she found out about the contract (I think it was the contract- don't really remember)
ANAYWAYS, Mia was too girly. I loved Elliot-Christian's brother who married Kate, I liked Evan-Kate's brother who loved Mia. Wait, sincerely, who would want Mia? I imagined her with a high-pitched voice, the perfect definition a girl. And trust me, I don't like those kinda people.
well, besides this, it was a good book to me, very good.
And oh, I ADORED Taylor. Awesome man, XDD A good character.
50 shades was a good book, pretty good.