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I finally finished the book 50 Shades of Grey. Just the first one. I haven't ventured far into the second book yet. It took me from October 2012 - May 2013 to read this book. It's no secret that I was never a huge fan. I lean closer to the 'despise' end, actually.
The book is about Ana, a college student, who meets Christian, a rich, gorgeous business man. They're both intrigued. They have another run-in. They both want to get involved. Better yet, read the 50 Shades of Grey synopsis from Amazon.ca.
"When literature student Anastasia Steele goes to interview young entrepreneur Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and intimidating. The unworldly, innocent Ana is startled to realize she wants this man and, despite his enigmatic reserve, finds she is desperate to get close to him. Unable to resist Ana’s quiet beauty, wit, and independent spirit, Grey admits he wants her, too—but on his own terms.
Shocked yet thrilled by Grey’s singular erotic tastes, Ana hesitates. For all the trappings of success—his multinational businesses, his vast wealth, his loving family—Grey is a man tormented by demons and consumed by the need to control. When the couple embarks on a daring, passionately physical affair, Ana discovers Christian Grey’s secrets and explores her own dark desires.
Erotic, amusing, and deeply moving, the Fifty Shades Trilogy is a tale that will obsess you, possess you, and stay with you forever."
Here is my review from Good Reads.
"I wanted to read the series to finally find out what all the hype was about. I heard it was somehow related to the Twilight series, and just like Twilight, hype is all it was.
Like Twilight, the storyline was really dry and boring. Very little 'meat' to it. Nothing to keep me interested at all.
This book is the opposite of a book I couldn't put down - I had to struggle to get myself to pick it up.
Basically, Ana meets Christian. He's successful and rich, but most importantly he's so gorgeous everyone in the world has to stop and stare. Of course, he develops a 'thing' for Ana, the poor, weak, clumsy, pathetic excuse for a college student. I feel she's still has the mentality of a junior high student. It feel like the writing of this book is geared towards junior high students, but has the erotic scenes geared towards adults. It doesn't match up.
The plot had more juice to it in the middle when Jose (Ana's male friend with a crush on her) was around to try to make Christian jealous. After that, it was all 'sex with Christian'. That is the sole thing in this book that matters, of course, because virgin Ana has turned into an immediate sex goddess.
Speaking of 'goddess', Ana uses the phrase 'inner goddess' enough that halfway through the book I began cringing every time I read it.
I've heard the other two books are better, and after a lot of deliberation, I am going to give them a chance. Although I hated book #1, I'm trying to go into them with an open mind. Hopefully it won't take me another 7 months to get through book #2."
If you hate the book and are in the mood for a laugh, the first part of this review was pretty great. Have you read the book? The whole series? No spoilers on the next two books please, but what did you think?
