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Stefanie
Jul 02, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Spätestens seit der erste Band der “Shades of Grey”-Reihe auch in Deutschland erschienen ist, wird überall über dieses Buch gesprochen. Man hat das Gefühl, jeder hat es gelesen und jeder hat eine extreme Meinung dazu. Von den einen wird es geliebt, von den anderen verteufelt. Was also ist dran an diesem Buch, das sich besser verkauft als Harry Potter?

Alles beginng ganz harmlos, Anastasia Steele hat gerade ihr Studium beendet und ist in Liebesdingen noch recht unerfahren, als sie den reichen Gesc
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Anna Din
Oct 04, 2013 rated it it was ok
Shelves: library
I really don't know why this book even has a 3.7 rating on goodreads. I don't give books one star unless I really hate them, but I don't think this book was well written. I don't even think it's supposed to be well written. This is one of those books you pick up one day, you read it, and you totally forget about it. I don't understand the hype, because I've read trashy romance novels that were more enjoyable -even in writing style- than this.

First of all, it's not that I'm against BDSM. By all m
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Tanya
May 28, 2012 rated it did not like it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 2012
Made it through 50% of the book, but no interest to continue.
I actually fell asleep twice while listening to this and just can't stand Ana.
I don't care if this is a character study. I don't care if it is a topic I would otherwise not have experience with.
I really don't want to waste anymore of my time on this trilogy when I barely have time to read GOOD literature.
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Juliane
Das Buch ist super geschrieben, von dem Inhalt hab ich bei dem aktuellem Hype eindeutig mehr erwartet. Bin mal auf Band 2 gespannt.
Achja: Das Review trifft meine Meinung ganz gut: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... Und die Infos bezüglich Twilight sind ganz interessant!
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Denise
Mar 12, 2012 rated it did not like it
Jenifer
Apr 07, 2012 rated it liked it
Shelves: romance
Neila
May 09, 2012 marked it as to-read
Stacey
May 11, 2012 rated it liked it
Tanayia
May 14, 2012 marked it as to-read
Lisa
May 31, 2012 rated it did not like it
Melanie Knight
Jul 12, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shelves: romance
MichelleCH
Aug 04, 2012 marked it as not-for-me
Lillian
Sep 18, 2012 rated it liked it
Nadia
Oct 05, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shelves: i-own-all-mine
Janet
Nov 20, 2012 rated it did not like it
Kim DeCina
Jan 31, 2013 marked it as to-read
Grace
Apr 21, 2013 rated it it was ok
Diane
Sep 05, 2013 rated it did not like it
Colleen
Apr 11, 2014 rated it it was ok