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Fifty Shades of Grey
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Start date
November 15, 2012
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November 20, 2012
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What Members Thought

Jenn
May 09, 2012 rated it liked it
Shelves: kindle
At first, I absolutely hated this book. I thought the writing was horrible and the characters made me ill. Ana had no backbone, and Christian was a demanding prick. I wasn't sure I was going to even be able to finish this, or continue past 25%. But then something happened. Somewhere along the reading road, I became slightly addicted. I found I needed to know what happened next. It was somewhat akin to driving by a car accident, or watching a James Dean movie: I had to watch/read.

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Laura
Jan 21, 2013 rated it it was ok
The writing is simplistic and the book characters were hard to connect with
Laura
Jun 14, 2012 rated it it was ok
It took me so long to read this because I kept setting it aside because I had better things to read. Such terrible, terrible writing, and yet I felt oddly compelled to finish reading it and I may end up reading the next two. And I don't know why. ...more
Denise
Apr 09, 2012 rated it it was ok
Very curious about how Christian 's character develops...The writing however is for the pits...lots of british terms for a story that takes place in portland and seattle...we'll see how book 2 and 3 pan out... ...more
Jaheida
May 13, 2012 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
I LOVED this book!!! It's so bad and so good at the same time... I laughed, cried, and had some "oh my... Wow!" moments... Christian Grey has left me smitten, can't wait to read more.... Laters, baby. ...more
Ansm
Mar 18, 2012 rated it liked it
Book was very disturbing.
Tracey
Nov 01, 2011 rated it it was ok
Celeste
Mar 17, 2012 marked it as to-read
Heather
Mar 18, 2012 rated it it was ok
Jeanne Bufkin
Mar 24, 2012 rated it liked it
Shelves: read-in-2012
Jessica
Mar 26, 2012 rated it liked it
Lena English
Mar 29, 2012 marked it as to-read
Sandy
Apr 26, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Eve B.
May 05, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shelves: own-ebook, erotica
Tasha
May 24, 2012 marked it as did-not-finish
Shelves: pbs-bookmooch, own
Pamela
Jun 05, 2012 rated it really liked it
Kara
Jun 13, 2012 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Bev Asbury
Jun 23, 2012 rated it liked it
Joelene
Jul 26, 2012 rated it liked it
Carol
Jul 26, 2012 rated it really liked it
Lindy
Aug 03, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Carrie
Aug 10, 2012 rated it liked it
Mary
Aug 16, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: 2012-books
Giuli
Dec 01, 2012 rated it did not like it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: abandoned
StefaneDee
Dec 16, 2012 rated it liked it
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