Monday, July 16, 2012

Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James

You've probably hear about Fifty Shades of Grey through Facebook, Twitter, blogs or your friends. The book has gone viral, thanks to social media's word of mouth marketing. It is so sensational right now that it gets everyone talking about it even the Hollywood stars. So what is it all about?
50ShadesofGreyCoverArt.jpg
Let me warn you, Fifty Shades of Grey isn't for those who have faint heart and the conservative. This book is      an erotic novel written by E.L. James, a British Author. This is the first installment of a three-part series. Because of the success of her books, E. L. James has risen to stardom and got her listed as one of the "100 Most Influential People in the World" by Time Magazine.

The story of Fifty Shades of Grey revolves around Christian Grey and Anastacia Steele. The book is a first person narrative of Anastacia Steele, who is a young, attractive, and innocent woman.

Christian Grey is a handsome, controlling, and wealthy man . Behind that facade of success, is a man with a very dark past and unusual sexual exploits. Anastacia first meet Christian when she did a cover up for her best friend to interview him for the university paper.

The expected thing happened. Anastacia was drawn to the charismatic Christian. While Ana was hoping for the usual boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, Christian wants her in his own terms. He was into BDSM  (bondage, discipline, sadism, and masochism) and he has his playroom full of gadgets and kinky stuff you can imagine. Christian introduces her to his dark world. While Ana wouldn't submit to his sexual activity, she couldn't resist him despite of knowing that he couldn't reciprocate her love.

Though erotic novels are not my thing, Fifty Shades of Grey got me reading from start to finish. It also got me reading the rest of the two books. Not my thing, eh?

This intriguing and complicated romance really got me glued and anticipating of what's going to happen next. And since the book was presented as a narrative, it takes you to the thoughts of Anastacia--to her reasons and her desires, which are often conflicting. Some of the funny parts are actually when she describes what her sexual goddess is doing--made me laugh!

Aside from the provocative scenes, one thing that I noticed with the novel is the repetitive usage of phrases. It's not exactly annoying but I don't like it either; phrases such as oh my, twitching palm, biting lips, and Icarus flying too close to the sun.

I wonder how the film adaptation is going to be. 


Have you read the book? Let me know what you think. Feel free to leave your comments below.

No comments:

Post a Comment

ShareThis