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Fifty Shades Freed
by E.L. James
***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.