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However: there is something about these totally damaged characters which makes you want to find out more about them. And, the storyline at times feels like a looped news clip playing again and again. There are phrases that are awkward and used over, and over, and over again. I'm not sharing so as not to spoil for anyone. I noticed something which I wondered if others had seen, and when I discussed it with others who had read the book, they hadn't. At least I can say that the book taught me one valuable lesson: one must always at least skim the book before purchasing it.I do not agree that the writing is poor, in fact, in some places it's quite clever. The words used are mundane and extremely repetetive. The sex is unrealistic, tame, and devoid of real emotion. For the lack of plot and the shallowness of the characters, I can see why it is being referred to by some as pornography, but it isn't graphic or raw enough to really deserve that title, either. Actually, I am not sure there really is a story.
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Thank goodness it's fiction right?The display at Barnes and Noble touted this book as, "The book everyone is talking about." It would have been better labeled, "The book that everyone is reading to see if it is as awful as everyone says it is." The real world of BDSM is much more honest, more intense, more gritty, and more intimate that portrayed here, but the story doesn't really work as a romance because the characters are not compelling enough that one wants to see them live happily ever after. Christian certainly is a control freak and why would a woman put up with it? See above, handsome, rich and powerful. Why are women drawn to "bad" men? I've seen it happen to the smartest of them as they are hopelessly controlled by a man. Interestingly enough I do remember working with a Grandmotherly woman who read Harlequin Romance Books during her lunch break at her desk. A fairly high orgasm count in this book for a newly deflowered young lady. If nothing else it's quite an introduction (for me anyway) to erotic romance and role playing albeit much of the sex scenes are hard to believe. I doubt this book would have been as wildly popular if Christian weren't handsome, rich and powerful because flying your own helicopter and staying in the penthouse sure beats fighting traffic and shacking up at the Motel 6. In parts disturbing as character Christian find immense pleasure in "dominating" his newest muse Anastasia. I considered this book a break from reality which was welcomed. I do assume this is fiction although to some people it might be their reality. It is not literary genius but it is a page turner and I usually read mostly non-fiction/historical fiction so this was a huge leap for me. It is captivating and I found myself absorbed with the characters. Ok so this was picked for my somewhat monthly book club and was quite a shock to most of us.