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A review by helloandie
Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James
1.0
Like I did with Twilight, I'll just summarize my thoughts on the series here in the last book.
A mix of reading a few articles on book shaming, agreeing that book shaming is bad, and curiosity made me read these books. I think I'm glad I did because now I know and I feel better about saying "This is crap" because I *KNOW* this is crap.
They're really poorly written, the dialog is cringe-worthy and suuuuper repetitive (and not just the romance novel sexy bits, I would expect that even though I'm not much of a romance novel reader.) There's all the abuse stuff people bring up, and I really didn't like that, though the controlling/possessive scenes were actually the hardest for me. That foreboding feeling that you are In Trouble because you've talked to a male friend? That's familiar and horrible and really made me uncomfortable.
All in all, the "omg hardcore sexy kinky" didn't seem that hardcore sexy kinky to me? I mean, they alluded to more stuff than happened, and I found myself skimming some of the long sex bits to get back to the "plot". I am not the target audience and I am fully aware I was Doing It Wrong. :/ It just got old.
Anyway, I read these books, all of them, and really quickly. I would not recommend them unless you too succumb to the media storm of peer pressure that I did, justifying it by saying, "well, I shouldn't judge until I know myself". :P If Twilight was literary Cheetos, Fifty Shades of Grey is literary ...baby food? IV fluids? See, now I feel bad, I'm judging, but damn, I have rarely been embarrassed for an author while reading. Not that she should give two shits what I have to say, she's beloved by many and can cry about opinions like mine all the way to the bank. Do you, E.L.! ;)
A mix of reading a few articles on book shaming, agreeing that book shaming is bad, and curiosity made me read these books. I think I'm glad I did because now I know and I feel better about saying "This is crap" because I *KNOW* this is crap.
They're really poorly written, the dialog is cringe-worthy and suuuuper repetitive (and not just the romance novel sexy bits, I would expect that even though I'm not much of a romance novel reader.) There's all the abuse stuff people bring up, and I really didn't like that, though the controlling/possessive scenes were actually the hardest for me. That foreboding feeling that you are In Trouble because you've talked to a male friend? That's familiar and horrible and really made me uncomfortable.
All in all, the "omg hardcore sexy kinky" didn't seem that hardcore sexy kinky to me? I mean, they alluded to more stuff than happened, and I found myself skimming some of the long sex bits to get back to the "plot". I am not the target audience and I am fully aware I was Doing It Wrong. :/ It just got old.
Anyway, I read these books, all of them, and really quickly. I would not recommend them unless you too succumb to the media storm of peer pressure that I did, justifying it by saying, "well, I shouldn't judge until I know myself". :P If Twilight was literary Cheetos, Fifty Shades of Grey is literary ...baby food? IV fluids? See, now I feel bad, I'm judging, but damn, I have rarely been embarrassed for an author while reading. Not that she should give two shits what I have to say, she's beloved by many and can cry about opinions like mine all the way to the bank. Do you, E.L.! ;)