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Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian by E.L. James
4 reviews
kdtoverbooked's review against another edition
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Ewww…. I had a hard time stomaching this book. It definitely did not do for me what the original trilogy did. Reading about him thinking about beating her to her limit was too much. It felt more as a reaction to abusive relationships in his past than a kink.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Physical abuse and Abandonment
cady_sass's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Hm. I just. I’m not sure it’s necessary for this to exist. It’s not different enough from the first book and doesn’t add very much, the only reason this gets bumped from 2 stars to 3stars is for the last few chapters where Christian’s POV is actually insightful. In reality this is just written for the die hard fans who wanted more but EL James didn’t have any more in their brain to continue to the story.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol, Grief, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Self harm, Cursing, Death of parent, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting
zanazy's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
slow-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
2.0
I read the original trilogy and thought getting an insight into Christian’s thoughts would be interesting. I really should quit doing this to myself as this is the second male POV book that when read, makes the male character worse.
The one thing I was hoping to understand more was his childhood and time with Elena but it’s still just cryptic and non-existent as it was in the main trilogy. It seems that aside from his nightmares, Christian doesn’t confront his trauma and Dr. Flynn is absent until the very end… conveniently to tell him to try to do it Ana’s way and give her more.
The scene where Elena tells Christian to go to Georgia was horribly underwhelming and I wou,d have thought her more manipulative than she was.
Christian shows many stalker tendencies throughout the book, running and driving by her place many times before, during, and after their breakup.
The punishment scene scared me as in Christian was clearly enjoying it and didn’t see why it would inevitably lead to pushing Ana away. “She didn’t safe word” got old. For someone so brilliant in business, he doesn’t seem to have any brains about what an inexperienced young woman might need, want, and for all his I want to protect you and keep you safe moments, it all goes out the window when it’s pain he causes.
In many ways I found Christian to be immature, possessive to a degree that went on to stalker tendencies, and emotionally unstable because it’s clear he’s falling for her, yet the thought is something he pushes away constantly. This book also makes Ana too willing to please and dumb, which also contradicts Christian’s constant she is smart compliments. Both leads suffer and truthfully, I wish I’d stayed far away from this series.
The one thing I was hoping to understand more was his childhood and time with Elena but it’s still just cryptic and non-existent as it was in the main trilogy. It seems that aside from his nightmares, Christian doesn’t confront his trauma and Dr. Flynn is absent until the very end… conveniently to tell him to try to do it Ana’s way and give her more.
The scene where Elena tells Christian to go to Georgia was horribly underwhelming and I wou,d have thought her more manipulative than she was.
Christian shows many stalker tendencies throughout the book, running and driving by her place many times before, during, and after their breakup.
The punishment scene scared me as in Christian was clearly enjoying it and didn’t see why it would inevitably lead to pushing Ana away. “She didn’t safe word” got old. For someone so brilliant in business, he doesn’t seem to have any brains about what an inexperienced young woman might need, want, and for all his I want to protect you and keep you safe moments, it all goes out the window when it’s pain he causes.
In many ways I found Christian to be immature, possessive to a degree that went on to stalker tendencies, and emotionally unstable because it’s clear he’s falling for her, yet the thought is something he pushes away constantly. This book also makes Ana too willing to please and dumb, which also contradicts Christian’s constant she is smart compliments. Both leads suffer and truthfully, I wish I’d stayed far away from this series.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Child abuse
Moderate: Stalking, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Vomit
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
whrohala's review against another edition
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.
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Stalking, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
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