📘 Fifty Shades of Grey
by EL James
Genre Fiction ◦ Erotica
Format & Source Print ◦ Library
Publication Vintage ◦ 2011
Rating ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
📚 What It's About
Anastasia is a young, naive, recent college graduate. Christian Grey is a very wealthy, handsome, charismatic businessman. When the two meet, they have instant chemistry and Anastasia begins to fall in love with the mysterious Christian. She soon discovers he has a dark side though, which he wants her to partake in. In order for them to be together, Anastasia must agree to be the submissive in his secret BDSM lifestyle. She wants a real, meaningful relationship with him, but he holds her at a distance, scarred from a hidden dark past. While Anastasia tries to figure him out and unravel his past, she begins to participate in his lifestyle, all the while falling more in love.
📝 My Review
Okay, first and foremost, yes, the writing in this book is quite bad. It’s really amateurish and corny, and is by no means written well. HOWEVER, I did like the book, strangely enough. Is it going to become my new favorite? Do I think it’s as good as everyone says it is? Am I obsessing over it and thinking about it nonstop? No, no, and no, buuuut, suffice it to say, I did like it!
Say what you want, but I was drawn into this strange and rather creepy story. I know a lot of people are saying this book is demeaning to women but I have to disagree. Both men and women partake in this kind of lifestyle in BOTH roles, so it’s not demeaning towards women only. Plus, people CHOOSE this lifestyle, they aren’t forced into it. That said, I wasn’t offended by the story as a woman. Was it kind of gross and weird? Yes. But was it also kind of fascinating and intriguing in some strange way? Yes. I don’t want to live that life, oh helllllll no, but I’m always interested in reading about other lifestyles and the psychology behind various life choices.
In a way, this story WAS sort of psychological because Christian turned out this way for certain reasons which Ana is trying to uncover. The chemistry between the two was apparent and believable, which I appreciated, and I did like both of them despite their flaws. All in all, I liked this book because I was drawn into the story and became invested and interested in the lives of the characters. I’m not in love with it, but I did enjoy it, I have to say, and I will be reading the two sequels soon.
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