Hallo everyone! I've been quite busy lately catching up on my reading. There's a lot of buzz lately about a book so I jumped on and joined in.
FIFTY SHADES OF GREY Trilogy by E. L. James
Fifty Shades of Grey
Fifty Shades Darker
Fifty Shades Freed
I'll make this personal review quick as there isn't much to say about it except its porn. It's a poorly written fan fiction on a poorly written literature. The book started out as a fan fiction for Twilight but since it gained much attention we have now such erotic novel that bypassed Harry Potter sales. It started off quite good that you would really want to finish it. And then comes the erotic part. If only she limited it enough to make a point since the story cannot do away with it especially with Grey's BDSM lifestyle. If you'd take away the erotic scenes from one of the books, you'd probably be left with only 30% of the pages. Yeah, that's how much fucking and how few actual story it has. Concept wise, it is definitely better than Twilight. The "damsel in distress" concept is way too old even before Bella became famous and this opened an opportunity for novels that has "male protagonist's with issues" in them to sell like hotcakes. Although I doubt on that. The only reason Christian Grey out sold Harry Potter is because of his kinky fuckery. Another reason why I finished all three books is because it is cohesive. From the title, its quite clear that the story is about Christian Grey and up to the end it is about him. I especially like the fact that James gave Christian the emancipation he deserves. Although I find the last book quite lacking as instead of showing the most pivotal part, how Ana made Grey admit that he loves his mother and that its because of the non reciprocity from his mother that gave him all his dilemma, she wrote about them making love while pregnant with their second child.
So these are my personal view on Fifty Shades of Grey. I'm giving this 3 stars.
As you have noticed above, yes, I'm no Twilight fan. I do admit that I went all gaga for it when it came out but after finishing all four books, realized it was shallow and I hate how Meyer wrote it. I hope someone re-writes it without changing anything. I'm thinking someone like Sidney Sheldon minus the thriller. haha. Anyway, Twilight Saga vs. Fifty Shades of Grey Trilogy, Fifty Shades gets my vote for concept. Thank you for reading.
Laters baby! ^^

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