Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian

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The writing is still amateur hour and even as someone whose first language isn't English I can say it was really horrible and boring and just all together a big sad laugh. Evidently this is intended as an homage to Midnight Sun, which given the roots of the Fifty Shades series is entirely appropriate and thematic.

But Grey's inner monologue was written terribly which butchered his character and had me eye-rolling at the absurdity of the way he talks in his head (the repetitive "baby" term nearly had me belting out a Bieber song). The theft, which occurred on 8 June, [11] has been compared to the 2008 leak of Stephenie Meyer's Midnight Sun, a then-unreleased companion novel that retells the events of Twilight from the perspective of Edward Cullen. Conchita, who seems to know what she is doing, goes down on her hands and knees and manages to coax him out, using a saucer of milk and an old copy of Hustler.

It's a perfect portrayal of an unhealthy relationship, as Grey, here shown to be an immature, self-loathing sadist with mother issues, attempts to lure a sexually inexperienced young woman into an ill-considered, unconvincing BDSM arrangement for which she's not suited. Combined with the power he has amassed, that makes him dangerous, especially to someone like Anastasia. However, I'll rip the book a new one if I find out this was only noise/marketing to hype the book even more.

The biggest flaw with the 50 Shades trilogy is James repetitive writing style and her use of phrasing that belongs in a bygone era.I've been enticed from my monochrome world into one rich with color - and yet she can't be what I need. Edited to add again: Just like Midnight Sun, the manuscript for this one was stolen a week before release and is feared to have been sold to the highest bidder in the black market. It is fascinating to read the story with fresh eyes too, having glimpsed Christian’s traumatic childhood and gained an understanding of his motivations. So ultimately, I don't regret reading GREY, and if you also loved the FIFTY SHADES trilogy and think you're made of sterner stuff than I am, then I say go for it.

No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. I’m not speaking about the story itself because being a male POV I knew exactly what was coming (and to be honest I did skim a bit). I think the fact that I listened to it over a week or two opposed to reading it helped tremendously. But when the top dozen Goodreads reviews are all, "Hell NO, we won't read this crap, and we'll be (not so) silently judging anyone who does," well .