Fifty Shades Of Grey Trilogy
BOOK 1: Fifty Shades of Grey
I've heard and read reviews which were generally saying it's crap. But all the social media frenzy pushed me to meet this famous Christian Grey and sate my curiosity. In the end, the cat just wished she was that girl who fell into Mr. Mercurial's office.
Having read reviews and all, I had no high hopes honestly. So as I turn my first page and meet the becoming of every girls dream alpha male, I always knew he'd be that typical Adonis with a dark side. And he was, as described by the author: copper just-fucked hair, gray eyes, straight nose, sculpted lips. More? owns his own business empire, a helicopter, a jet, a catamaran...everything! Though, that dark side got me wrapped around his finger (most girls were). He is exciting, but damn Steele's character can be so impossibly boring! I got to the mid part of the first book and was tired. Yes, it was so poorly-written I started to drag my eyes through it stopping for anything exciting because I just hate it when I don't get to finish a book I started. It was a flick of good fate that the last chapter was a cliff-hanger (Anastasia Steele left Christian Grey after their hot tryst in the Red Room of Pain). That made me turn to the first page of Fifty Shades Darker.
BOOK 2 and 3: Fifty Shades Darker & Fifty Shades Freed
These parts reek of sex. So much of it. Not just vanilla, but an introduction to the Red Room Of Pain's S&M. The parts were okay but still, could've been sexier. It got to the point where it was all redundant you could almost tell "Okay, time for sex!". It was full of it and it was exhausting.
Good parts. Of course, there were good parts. The thrilling "crazy ex-sub", "Charlie Tango's disappearance drama", " Jack's revenge", "hot car chase", "steamy elevator scene" , the "romantic piano scene" (wish they didn't cut that off in the movie.) and the heart-wrenching part where Steele tells Grey the hurtful opposite of her feelings to save his sister.
Sum:
I'd say 'Yes' to "poorly-written". But the story is something else. It is revolutionary; a step ahead
opening a glimpse of what is still a taboo up to this day of liberalization. It's not one's average romantic/erotic novel, there's more to it. Pushing all the critics and reviews I've seen aside, it could've been better. Typical vanilla to BDSM... it's all raw, pure, unadulterated truth. (Although I hated Anastasia Steele's character when she becomes so impossibly stupid at times.) To the coy and overmodest, we who enjoyed the fifty f*cking shades of Christian Grey are no nymphos.
The making of this not-so-perfect-but-oh-so-damn-sexy-Adonis in the person of Christian Grey is genius (to compensate with the poor writing skills.) Yes GENIUS! (Sorry haters!). "Laters, baby!"
