Reviews with content warning for Sexual content - Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian

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Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian by E.L. James

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doorasbookshelf's review against another edition

DNF @ around 50% - February 2022.

When you hit the 30-40% mark it’s the same boring shit over and over again. I wasted a few hours of my life on this book. Good thing I didn’t spend a dime on this.

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whrohala's review against another edition

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challenging dark slow-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? Yes

2.75

This was... tough. Thankfully I was well aware going into it that that would be the case. I've read it before, but it's been several years and I have a vastly different understanding of the world now than I did when this first came out.

The writing is fine. Not the worst, but certainly reads like many of the fanfics I've read. Makes sense since this was a twilight fanfic.

The way that Christian is written is hard to work through. Very juvenile way of thinking - which makes sense if you think about it psychologically, but its pretty clear that that wasn't entirely the motivation for his behaviors and mind set. Definitely reads more as a bastardization of BDSM and the motivations and culture behind it.

For the most part I actually really like the way that Anastasia is written. Funny, strong-willed, and true to herself. While still being a believability curious but inexperienced participant in this relationship dynamic.

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