The story could have been a nice representation of the BDSM lifestyle, but it was written by EL James, who clearly did not do any proper research. Any bondage is presented as if it was extremely perverted and 'dark' when it's actually among the tamest of things, even things that people who are not into this particular lifestyle might do to spice up their sexlife.
Anastasia reads like a little girl who has no idea about anything sex-related, seeing it as dirty and only okay if one is absolutely, positively in love with the other person. Her lack of any knowledge in terms of sex does not make her appear innocent, it makes her look dumb. And the fact that Christian repeatedly takes advantage of this, makes it disgusting to read, like an older predator going after a little child.
The books are riddled with grammatical mistakes, pointless drama that really serves no purpose except try to give us drama, but it's quite clear that James does not want drama and just wants to write, quite bluntly, of nothing but fucking.
Speaking of the sex scenes, they could be cut out. They are no written erotically, they are cut-copy-pasted with repeated words, nothing is ever treated differently... and if your Porn Book does not contain good porn, what is even the point of writing it?
The story had potential... if James had bothered to actually create proper character development and believeable drama. As it is, she won't. Christian is a whiny toddler who blames all his problems on his dead birth-mother and refuses to change. And Anastasia (and, by extent, James) insults any person who partakes in Bondage or the lifestyle by implicating that Christian's preference for BDSM is like a disease that needs to be cured.
This book is disgusting. It's insulting to everyone, women, men, the BDSM lifestyle and is practically the opposite of a 'woman discovering her sexuality'.
I Wanna Burn This
The story could have been a nice representation of the BDSM lifestyle, but it was written by EL James, who clearly did not do any proper research. Any bondage is presented as if it was extremely perverted and 'dark' when it's actually among the tamest of things, even things that people who are not into this particular lifestyle might do to spice up their sexlife.
Anastasia reads like a little girl who has no idea about anything sex-related, seeing it as dirty and only okay if one is absolutely, positively in love with the other person. Her lack of any knowledge in terms of sex does not make her appear innocent, it makes her look dumb. And the fact that Christian repeatedly takes advantage of this, makes it disgusting to read, like an older predator going after a little child.
The books are riddled with grammatical mistakes, pointless drama that really serves no purpose except try to give us drama, but it's quite clear that James does not want drama and just wants to write, quite bluntly, of nothing but fucking.
Speaking of the sex scenes, they could be cut out. They are no written erotically, they are cut-copy-pasted with repeated words, nothing is ever treated differently... and if your Porn Book does not contain good porn, what is even the point of writing it?
The story had potential... if James had bothered to actually create proper character development and believeable drama. As it is, she won't. Christian is a whiny toddler who blames all his problems on his dead birth-mother and refuses to change. And Anastasia (and, by extent, James) insults any person who partakes in Bondage or the lifestyle by implicating that Christian's preference for BDSM is like a disease that needs to be cured.
This book is disgusting. It's insulting to everyone, women, men, the BDSM lifestyle and is practically the opposite of a 'woman discovering her sexuality'.
Don't read this. Burn it. Please. Trust me. I haven't even gotten into the part where Anastasia keeps thinking of Christian as a little child, which she finds an absolute turn-on. Short form: She does. Repeatedly. And it's horrible that thinking of her husband as a baby makes her horny.