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Meghan
Jun 12, 2013 rated it did not like it
I'm going to chalk this up to a moment of insanity. I was bored at work. The audiobook was free through my library. 'Surely it can't be THAT bad', I wondered.

I should have stuck with my 'I will never read this' tack, when it came to this book. I made it to approximately chapter 4.

Note to anyone writing a book: repeating a 'catch phrase' (we'll go with: OH MY as an example here) 80 billion times does not EQUAL CHARACTERIZATION. What it does is drive the reader (listener. also probably the perso
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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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Tina
Aug 03, 2012 rated it did not like it


Reading this book brought me no joy or curiosity. It was poorly written and I just don't understand the hype. My concern would be a young person would read this book and associate the abusive behavior to romanticism or acceptable dominance from men. 2 stars is being generous on my part.
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Nancy H
Jul 26, 2018 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
Although this book had its good points, I was expecting much more, given all the hype, the sequels, and the movei tie-in. I will probably read the sequels, just to find out what happens between Christian and Ana, but this one fell short of my expectations.
Katie
Jun 05, 2012 rated it really liked it
Marianne
Jun 25, 2012 rated it did not like it  ·  review of another edition
Melanie Knight
Jul 12, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shelves: romance
Allison
Aug 02, 2012 rated it really liked it
MichelleCH
Aug 04, 2012 marked it as not-for-me
Corinna
Sep 02, 2012 rated it did not like it
Shelves: not-finished, 2012
Mary Paul
Sep 02, 2012 rated it it was ok
Amro
Sep 17, 2012 marked it as to-read
Angie
Dec 19, 2012 rated it really liked it
Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large)
Dec 30, 2012 rated it did not like it
Shelves: not-for-me
Grace
Apr 21, 2013 rated it it was ok
Eleanor
Apr 22, 2013 rated it it was ok
Shelves: romance
Shahrzad Lolachi
Jun 21, 2013 rated it did not like it
Erica
Feb 03, 2014 rated it it was ok
Sharon
May 14, 2014 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Ann
May 26, 2014 added it
AyaSuu
Aug 14, 2014 rated it it was ok
Keeley
Feb 07, 2017 marked it as to-read
Kristi
Jun 22, 2017 rated it liked it
Edel
Mar 04, 2021 marked it as to-read