Okay, I know everyone has heard about this erotic trilogy by E.L. James - this is the first book. Because it's had so much publicity I had to read it. I have to say, it was just okay for me, and I doubt I'll read the other two books.
In case you haven't heard about it, the book is about graduating college student Ana Steele, and insanely wealthy businessman Christian Grey, who meet and develop a relationship when she interviews him for the student newspaper. Christian is "fifty shades of fu--ed up," hence the title. He's also into BDSM as the Dominant (look it up if you don't know what that means). The story is told from Ana's point of view, so the only glimpse we get of Christian's inner self is from what he tells Ana.
The characters aren't bad - James does a very good job of making a screwed-up control freak into a likeable character, and Christian is definitely hot. But Ana, while interesting, is a little unbelievable. I'm not sure which part I found more unbelievable: that she's a beautiful 21-year-old virgin who's never masturbated, or that she's a college student who doesn't own a computer. Anyway, she has spunk and courage, which I like, but she also has an "inner goddess," which I found annoying.
Okay, the sex. I haven't read erotic fiction in years, and to be honest, after the first couple of sex scenes I found myself skimming over them and reading ahead to the actual story. Some of them were obviously necessary to show the nature of the BDSM world, but some of them just felt gratuitous to me.
The book ended rather abruptly in my opinion, but I guess that's supposed to make me run out to get the next one. I doubt I will, simply because I don't want to spend the money, and I don't particularly care how things work out for Ana and Christian.
Fifty Shades of Grey
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