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E L James is a former TV executive, wife and mother of two based in West London. Since early childhood she dreamed of writing stories that readers would fall in love with, but put those dreams on hold to focus on her family and her career. She finally plucked up the courage to put pen to paper with her first novel, Fifty Shades of Grey.
E L James is a TV executive, wife and mother of two, based in West London. Since early childhood, she dreamt of writing stories that readers would fall in love with, but put those dreams on hold to focus on her family and her career. She finally plucked up the courage to put pen to paper with her first novel, Fifty Shades of Grey.
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My husband heard about this trilogy on a morning radio show and recommended I read it. I looked it up, read the product description, and decided that it didn't sound like "my kind of book." Over the next few weeks, several friends mentioned it to me. A very close friend told me, "It's about bondage. But keep an open mind. And JUST READ IT!" So I downloaded it and began doing just that...
The first few chapters of book one set the scene...naive, bookish girl meets attractive, billionaire CEO and lust ensues. The rest of book one was sex. Explicit sex. And at first it was "steamy." But I quickly found myself wondering when it would end. I read it all, though in reality, I could have skipped entire chapters and really missed nothing.
Books two and three got more into the actual story line and made me glad I stuck with it. I quickly realized that the descriptive sex scenes in book one were necessary to fully develop the two main characters. On the exterior, Christian is a powerful, worldly man but through his interactions with Anastasia, the reader begins to see his immaturity and "damaged" side. And Anastasia's oblivion over the fact that every eligible bachelor in her life is fawning over her betrays her presentation of herself as an ordinary, bumbling recent college grad. It was exciting to see the evolution of Christian and Anastasia throughout the trilogy.
To say that this is "a book about bondage" is wrong. Yes, there are a few select scenes that depict sex with restraints or spankings or floggers. But in the grand scheme of things, they were isolated, fleeting events. Instead, I would say this book is a love story. It's about the concessions we will make for the one we love and the "hard limits" that keep us true to ourselves.Read more ›
I finished this book last night.. and now I know the saying of "I feel like i've lost a friend". I won't say these are the best written books out there. They aren't suppose to be. I had so much fun reading them every day. I love books that go day by day. It makes it seem more real that way, like I know what they're doing every day. I never in a million years would have thought I would like these books.. let alone LOVE them! This is why I think everyone should give any book a chance.. it might surprise you. I love how this book played with your emotions. One minute I hated Christian and the next I loved him. You could totally feel the emotions through this book. I'm not sure what i'm going to do with myself now that i'm done. They were my first 5 star books of the year and I know I will have a hard time thinking about anything else but these books. So glad my book club suggested them.. otherwise I would have missed out on this wonderful trilogy.
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1,623 of 1,933 people found the following review helpful
Why so much for this Trilogy? I would love to read this set, and I love my Kindle. However, I am not willing to pay this price for a simple download. There is something not quite right when it is cheaper to purchase the actual paper books than the Kindle editions. Publishers need to re-think their pricings if they want dedicated customers, in my opinion.
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1,074 of 1,280 people found the following review helpful
I am no literary critic. In fact I consider myself a bit of a literary Philistine. But this has to be the worst written book I have ever read. Even I can recognize that there is no real plot, the characters are shallow and irritating, especially the downtrodden little heroine, there is no climax (except for the obvious) and I think the author must have had an appointment or just given up when she reached the end because there is no conclusion (after repeating part of the introduction, the author simply trails off with a "That's all ... for now. Thank you, thank you, thank you for reading.") The sex and S&M descriptions are repetitive and boring (since our hero and heroine are at it like rabbits every three pages or so and how many ways can you describe an orgasm). I am astonished that in 2012, this kind of formulaic, cliche romance can get so much hype and accolades(ordinary girl meets dashing multimillionaire who showers her with trinkets, regularly rips off her bodice, or at least multiple pairs of La Perla lacy panties, and they all lived happily ever after). It's like an updated Barbara Cartland novel spiced up with endless descriptions of sex and S&M. I give it one star because it was such a trainwreck, I was compelled to read it to the very end just to see whether anything exciting ever happens--trust me, it doesn't.
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706 of 858 people found the following review helpful
on several occassions i have chosen to order the printed version rather than the digital because of pricing. i feel abused when the digital cost is moe than the written. the only excuse for such high pricing is greed. shame on you
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195 of 236 people found the following review helpful
If I never hear those phrases again I'll be okay. I will say that the first book was fine for me. I was interested. But by the second book it was all redundant. Reading the same sex scenes over and over and over on every other page really took away from any plot these books could have had. If she had taken out 3/4 of the redundant sex scenes, I think she could have had ONE fine book. There was no need for three books in my opinion. I cannot tell you how many times I began to roll my eyes. "He touched my sex." Seriously? I understand that the author is not American, but if the scenes are set in America with American characters, you'd think the author would at least study up some on some of the terminology. Do people really say "He cupped my sex?" Also, I found it laughable that this virgin became such an expert in the orgasm department that she was able to give multiple orgasms when told to. I have to say I also felt really weird reading this as an adult. The book itself read to me like a teenager's thoughts. Not a twenty-something's. So when I'm having to trudge through sex scenes where the character seems to think and act like she's 15 it was really kind of odd and weird. Also, the man is a billionaire. Does he only have two outfits? Was there really a need to constantly let us know what they were wearing? I think her plum dress is probably worn out by now. Does she not have any other clothes? Also, the bit part in the last book about the kidnapping, etc. That plot just seemed thrown in there to me. It was almost like she was desperate to keep the books flowing, but lacked in the imagination department. I honestly expected the book to finally end in the second book thinking it could have easily ended. But it just kept going on and on. Definitely was not worth the thirty dollars I paid for this series.
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