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Fifty Shades of Grey: Book One of the Fifty Shades Trilogy [Paperback]

E L James
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April 3, 2012 Fifty Shades Trilogy (Book 1)

When literature student Anastasia Steele goes to interview young entrepreneur Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and intimidating. The unworldly, innocent Ana is startled to realize she wants this man and, despite his enigmatic reserve, finds she is desperate to get close to him. Unable to resist Ana’s quiet beauty, wit, and independent spirit, Grey admits he wants her, too—but on his own terms.
 
Shocked yet thrilled by Grey’s singular erotic tastes, Ana hesitates. For all the trappings of success—his multinational businesses, his vast wealth, his loving family—Grey is a man tormented by demons and consumed by the need to control. When the couple embarks on a daring, passionately physical affair, Ana discovers Christian Grey’s secrets and explores her own dark desires.

Erotic, amusing, and deeply moving, the Fifty Shades Trilogy is a tale that will obsess you, possess you, and stay with you forever.

This book is intended for mature audiences.


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A GoodReads Choice Awards Finalist for Best Romance

"In a class by itself." 
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About the Author

E L James is a former TV executive, wife and mother of two based in West London. Since early childhood she dreamed of writing stories that readers would fall in love with, but put those dreams on hold to focus on her family and her career. She finally plucked up the courage to put pen to paper with her first novel, Fifty Shades of Grey.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 528 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage; 1 edition (April 3, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0345803485
  • ISBN-13: 978-0345803481
  • Product Dimensions: 1 x 5.2 x 8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19,908 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #43 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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E L James is a TV executive, wife and mother of two, based in West London. Since early childhood, she dreamt of writing stories that readers would fall in love with, but put those dreams on hold to focus on her family and her career. She finally plucked up the courage to put pen to paper with her first novel, Fifty Shades of Grey.

E L James is currently working on her next novel...

Customer Reviews

The sex scenes were well written which makes me think this author used to write porn. Peg  |  4,037 reviewers made a similar statement
I would give this book a negative, but I had to give it 1 star to write a review. kaichouxTakumi  |  1,778 reviewers made a similar statement
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21,043 of 21,816 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Did a teenager write this??? April 15, 2012
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I really don't like writing bad reviews. I admire people who have the courage to put pen to paper and expose themselves to the whole world, especially those writing erotica. Having just finished this book, however, I feel compelled to write a review.

About half way through the book, I looked up the author to see if she was a teenager. I really did because the characters are out of a 16 year old's fantasy. The main male character is a billionaire (not a millionaire but a billionaire) who speaks fluent French, is basically a concert level pianist, is a fully trained pilot, is athletic, drop dead gorgeous, tall, built perfectly with an enormous penis, and the best lover on the planet. In addition, he's not only self made but is using his money to combat world hunger. Oh yeah, and all of this at the ripe old age of 26! And on top of that, he's never working. Every second is spent having sex or texting and emailing the female character. His billions seem to have just come about by magic. It seriously feels like 2 teenage girls got together and decided to create their "dream man" and came up with Christian Grey.

Then come the sex scenes. The first one is tolerable but as she goes on, they become so unbelievable that it becomes more laughable than erotic. She orgasms at the drop of a hat. He says her name and she orgasms. He simply touches her and she orgasms. It seems that she's climaxing on every page.

Then there's the writing. If you take out the parts where the female character is blushing or chewing her lips, the book will be down to about 50 pages. Almost on every single page, there is a whole section devoted to her blushing, chewing her lips or wondering "Jeez" about something or another. Then there's the use of "shades of".
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14,695 of 15,317 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Bestseller? Really??? March 25, 2012
Format:Kindle Edition
I enjoy erotica and heard so much about this book that I had to give it a shot, but I'm five chapters in and just can't take it anymore. This has to be the most appallingly atrocious writing I've ever seen in a major release. The pseudonymous British author sets the action (such as it is) in Washington State... for no reason than that her knowledge of America apparently consists of what she read in "Twilight"... but the entire first-person narrative is filled with Britishisms. How many American college students do you know who talk about "prams," "ringing" someone on the phone, or choosing a "smart rucksack" to take "on holiday"? And the author's geography sounds like she put together a jigsaw puzzle of the Pacific Northwest while drunk and ended up with several pieces in the wrong place.

And oh, the repetition...and the repetition...and the repetition. I'm convinced the author has a computer macro that she hits to insert one of her limited repertoire of facial expressions whenever she needs one. According to my Kindle search function, characters roll their eyes 41 times, Ana bites her lip 35 times, Christian's lips "quirk up" 16 times, Christian "cocks his head to one side" 17 times, characters "purse" their lips 15 times, and characters raise their eyebrows a whopping 50 times. Add to that 80 references to Ana's anthropomorphic "subconscious" (which also rolls its eyes and purses its lips, by the way), 58 references to Ana's "inner goddess," and 92 repetitions of Ana saying some form of "oh crap" (which, depending on the severity of the circumstances, can be intensified to "holy crap," "double crap," or the ultimate "triple crap"). And this is only part one of a trilogy...

If I wrote like that, I'd use a pseudonym too.
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5,136 of 5,414 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Not the worst I've ever read... No, wait. It IS. March 6, 2012
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
I downloaded the book to my Kindle because it was on the best seller list and had 4 stars overall rating on Amazon. I wish I'd taken the time to read some of the reviews. As it turns out I agree with the negative.
I found myself thinking "Twilight, plus some spanking, minus the sparkly vampires." Here, I'll save you all some time (SPOILER ALERT):

Once upon a time...
I'm Ana. I'm clumsy and naive. I like books. I dig this guy. He couldn't possibly like me. He's rich. I wonder if he's gay? His eyes are gray. Super gray. Intensely gray. Intense AND gray. Serious and gray. Super gray. Dark and gray. [insert 100+ other ways to say "gray eyes" here]
I blush. I gasp. He touches me "down there." I gasp again. He gasps. We both gasp. I blush some more. I gasp some more. I refer to my genitals as "down there" a few more times. I blush some more. Sorry, I mean I "flush" some more. I bite my lip. He gasps a lot more. More gasping. More blushing/flushing. More lip biting. Still more gasping.
The end.

The bad:
It was an interesting concept - for a "romance" novel. However the story is weak, the pace is slow and awkward, the characters come through as more schizophrenic than complicated, the "romance" is a jeuvenile and dysfunctional crush, and the "erotic" scenes alternate between "Penthouse Forum" and something that sounds like it was written by a painfully shy and sheltered 13 year old. I have now read through some of the rave reviews and I have to assume that these were posted by people easily shocked and/or titillated. I can't imagine what fans are comparing this to when they describe this as "good."

The good:
Nice cover art.
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I really didnt enjoy reading this. The story is unbelievably boring and not as entertaining as my girl friends said it'd be.
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I have to quit, it is not going to get any better. It is not that I am a prude. I usually enjoy a good erotic novel but this sucks. Read more
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First off, let's just get this out of the way... yes, it really is that poorly written.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Just started reading
I will have better idea of how much I like this book when I am done reading it. Till then.
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After having this book recommended to me time and again I decided to read it. Not my cup of tea. I like good romance novel every once in a while, but this was a little much. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing
I loved every minute of it, can't wait to read the next one. I'm sure it will be just as good.
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He has issues!! But, the story was hot and intimately sexy! Although it is graphically erotic, I thought it was a great love story.
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5.0 out of 5 stars great read
never read such an erotic exoctic book in my likde has lead me into a whole new world of techiques. i bought it in the audio version much easier to read and enjoy. hands free!
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1.0 out of 5 stars I Tried
Okay, I honestly try to give books a fair chance.

However, Shades of Grey made it really hard for me. Read more
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Women who liked 50 Shades of Grey: what is the appeal? Please enlighten me!
If you have to read a trilogy for any of the story to work, it's a badly written story. It should then have been one book not three. It's misleading. You don't take one premise and split into three books.... that's a marketing ploy that I don't buy into. The fanfiction was one long story not... Read more
May 8, 2012 by J. M. Kimball |  See all 246 posts
This book is horrible!
Horrible is too kind of a word. This is more like (to use two of the author's favorite, repetitious words) holy f---ing trash! I really wish all of us who have been duped by the Today Show, and Good Morning America could ask them if they really read this book before they went on air to help... Read more
Mar 23, 2012 by lissa |  See all 653 posts
50 Shades of Grey is similiar to the movie The Secretary
Jennifer,
Yes, I saw The Secretary and I thought the same thing!!!! Although I have to say--The Secretary was WAAAY better than this book!! I don't want to say it was plagiarized, because many books have the same topics and plots, but this was too much. And to even be named Grey was a kicker! ... Read more
Mar 16, 2012 by K. Grimes |  See all 77 posts
Bogus Five Star Reviews?
I think a lot of the 5 star reviews are just spam.
Sep 26, 2012 by scifi n fantasy lover |  See all 126 posts
why are all 5 star reviews so bad?
Yup. That's the trick--all the 5 star reviews are semi-illiterate--all the one and two star reviews are well written. Could there be a correlation between IQ and likelihood to like this book perhaps???
Dec 23, 2012 by Nathan Smith |  See all 13 posts
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