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Originally Posted by retro
I decided to read this book because of the hype, too. (I read Hunger Games this month for the same reason!) With all I'd heard, I expected a redo of 'Last Tango in Paris'.
I, also, see it as a coming of age story or the loss of innocence.
I mean, what girl hasn't met the 'perfect' guy...., except for that one, little flaw. And what girl didn't convince herself she could change him, and he would do it 'for her'.
Of course, although he hides it or disguises it during the 'courtship', it comes back eventually and that little flaw becomes the elephant in the room of the relationship. The main difference with this book is the guy's 'perfection' and 'flaw' are both blown out of proportion.
I was actually surprised the BDSM was milder than I thought it would be, considering the hype. And, sure, there was plenty of sex, but lots of romance novels have much more. There was some witty dialog and the story kept a good pace with no long, drawn out deliberations that drive me crazy.
I'll probably read the next two Fifty Shades, since the story is obviously not over. The 2nd book in the Hunger Games was good, but the third was a little weird. I'll have to see how this one goes.
And I will have to laugh the first time I hear someone use "fifty shades" of anything in a conversation!  |
Agreed on this. I stayed up all night listening to this. This is not your typical novel. It is hard though not to remember this was written as a twilight fanfic specially with all the nose and smelling remarks she didn't write out. I keep waiting for him to show his fangs.
The thing is as a Romance reader and sometimes Erotica I don't know how to categorize this book other then Fiction.
One thing I can say it is a very slow moving novel. The story doesn't really start till many chapters into the book. I don't know if I will read the other 2 books because it depends how the first one ends.