Ugh….I have to admit, that I found the book compelling enough to keep me up till after midnight. But I really only wanted to get to the part where he exposes his, uh, dungeon.
Okay, number 1, the names are driving me crazy. Christian Grey with the grey eyes. Katherine Kavanaugh. Anastasia Steele. Number 2, this is like reading Twilight. The only difference between the 2 is that Christian isn’t a vampire (that I know of?) and Ana doesn’t get knocked up the first time they bang. 3., even the worst lotus flower euphemism for a vagina is better than “and then he touched me…down there”. 4. Manic-pixie dream girl trope has been replaced by the Bella Swan trope. The girl is tall, skinny, clumsy, and impossibly gorgeous with absolutely no personality whatsoever. But something about her gets all the boys to come a runnin’.
I have to keep reminding myself that some Stephanie Meyer doppelganger has created this world where 27 year old guys have honed their craft and know exactly what to do to produce an orgasm. I think the genre should be re-named erotic fantasy. BECAUSE THIS SHIT WOULD NEVER IN A BAZILLION YEARS HAPPEN.
I’ll try and make it through the book. But ugh, this might be as bad as Tyra Banks attempt at YA fiction…