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Fifty Shades of Grey
by E.L. James
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I mostly read the Kindle version of this book that I rented through Libby with some help from the audio version, also rented through Libby.
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This book follows our FMC named Ana, who interviews mega rich entrepreneur named Christian (from here on out quoted as MMC). Our main characters fall in love but our MMC "doesn't do normal love", as he'd put it.
Ana doesn't know anything about BDSM and learns through experience that love isn't always sunshine and rainbows. She struggles between wanting to stay with Christian and wanting more from him than he can give to her. How will she cope with this?
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I'm honestly not sure why I ended up reading this. I normally wouldn't have gone for a book that is so controversial but here we are. Yes, I've heard all of the things about this book but I still read it anyway. I wanted to form my own opinion, I guess.
I've heard people say that this book is silly and that Ana is constantly raped because she didn't agree to the BDSM lifestyle. I don't see where this is coming from, however, because I got the sense that she did, in fact, agree to at least the sexual aspect.
I did also see that she consented hesitantly to the BDSM as well. However, I think she agreed to it before realizing what it all entailed. I don't think she fully realized what she was agreeing to and that's what leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
The end where she walked out was where I cheered because I really don't think she should have agreed in the first place. I honestly don't think she should have agreed to something she knows nothing about, especially since she was a freaking virgin when the book started.
That's what I don't understand either: the insta-love. I normally don't mind the trope but it felt a little ridiculous in this book, in all honesty. I feel like Christian took advantage of Ana in every way possible and she doesn't even see it. It makes me sick, honestly.
I could go on and on about this without any feeling of shame. I want to finish the trilogy against my better judgement to see how it all ends. I've seen snippets of the films, though I have no interest in watching them in full after reading this book.
Now, I will say, I had to also get used to the female narrator's voice when I was listening to the audio version of this book at one point. I felt that her voice was a bit too harsh for my preference but I kept listening anyway while looking forward to actually reading the book again.
I don't think this book or perhaps even the trilogy at large has a true glimpse of BDSM and that's what prevents me from recommending this book to people. I felt it took me way too long to finish the book and I'm not looking forward to the sequels for that reason. Yikes!
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This book follows our FMC named Ana, who interviews mega rich entrepreneur named Christian (from here on out quoted as MMC). Our main characters fall in love but our MMC "doesn't do normal love", as he'd put it.
Ana doesn't know anything about BDSM and learns through experience that love isn't always sunshine and rainbows. She struggles between wanting to stay with Christian and wanting more from him than he can give to her. How will she cope with this?
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I'm honestly not sure why I ended up reading this. I normally wouldn't have gone for a book that is so controversial but here we are. Yes, I've heard all of the things about this book but I still read it anyway. I wanted to form my own opinion, I guess.
I've heard people say that this book is silly and that Ana is constantly raped because she didn't agree to the BDSM lifestyle. I don't see where this is coming from, however, because I got the sense that she did, in fact, agree to at least the sexual aspect.
I did also see that she consented hesitantly to the BDSM as well. However, I think she agreed to it before realizing what it all entailed. I don't think she fully realized what she was agreeing to and that's what leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
The end where she walked out was where I cheered because I really don't think she should have agreed in the first place. I honestly don't think she should have agreed to something she knows nothing about, especially since she was a freaking virgin when the book started.
That's what I don't understand either: the insta-love. I normally don't mind the trope but it felt a little ridiculous in this book, in all honesty. I feel like Christian took advantage of Ana in every way possible and she doesn't even see it. It makes me sick, honestly.
I could go on and on about this without any feeling of shame. I want to finish the trilogy against my better judgement to see how it all ends. I've seen snippets of the films, though I have no interest in watching them in full after reading this book.
Now, I will say, I had to also get used to the female narrator's voice when I was listening to the audio version of this book at one point. I felt that her voice was a bit too harsh for my preference but I kept listening anyway while looking forward to actually reading the book again.
I don't think this book or perhaps even the trilogy at large has a true glimpse of BDSM and that's what prevents me from recommending this book to people. I felt it took me way too long to finish the book and I'm not looking forward to the sequels for that reason. Yikes!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail