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2210 of 2314 people found the following review helpful.
An older man on truckling
By david shobin/thatch pond corp
First, a disclaimer. I am a male senior citizen, a semi-retired gynecologist whose customary literary fare is spy novels and military techno-thrillers. I have never read a romance before, except perhaps for junior high’s “A Tale of Two Cities” (or was that a classic?) But after the recent hullabaloo over James’ “Fifty Shades,” I opted to give the genre a glance.

The book’s protagonist is college student Anastasia, who has never had sex or even “touched herself.” I had to suspend disbelief at the social and sexual naivete of this twenty-one year-old, but I guess this implied vulnerability makes her more attractive as a romantic heroine. Yet it doesn’t take her long to rectify this situation, and soon she is having orgasm after orgasm at the behest of her “dominant” partner, Mr. Grey. At my age, my arthritis flared up just reading about Ana’s sexual gymnastics. And for some reason, I kept thinking about her contracting genital warts. Soon, however, Ana’s endless pyrotechnic climaxes resembled repetitively watching porn: after a while, it leaves me bored and yawning. That said, there was a definite infectiousness to the plot; and taking Viagra to stiffen my resolve, I persevered.

James’ strong suit is her ability to elicit sympathy in the protagonist. I wanted to find out what happened to Anastasia, and that lent the story a compelling, page-turning quality. James is a polished novelist. Her dialogue is crisp, her prose poised, and her paragraphs well-parsed. The author’s considerable skills notwithstanding, would I pick up an erotic romance like this again? Probably not.

But that’s just me.

1507 of 1644 people found the following review helpful.
Could not finish
By RiverinaRomantics
1.5 stars

I don’t enjoy writing bad reviews, honestly it puts a sick feeling in my stomach, but at the moment I am feeling too annoyed not to write one. So please don’t get snarky – I do realise I am in the minority with my opinions.

OK, I couldn’t finish this book. I tried, holy hell did I try – but by 88% I was so annoyed I had to put it down.

And after a lot of contemplation I have decided not to rant and rave, but simple state in point form what I didn’t like.

~ The writing was too sterile. There was no depth and I found it hard connecting to any of it. There was a whole heap of – I touched him, he touched me, I did this, he did that. And it wasn’t engaging at all.
When I read I want to be able to feel the emotion, not be told how a scene is playing out as if the heroine is actually an observer.

~ The sex – it wasn’t hot at all. I wouldn’t even classify it as erotic. For some strange reason I have the opinion that you need to be able to refer to your vagina as something more erotic than ‘down there’ before you can pull off a significant hotness rating.

~ Christian – ok, he was relatively hot but not enough to get my blood pumping. He wasn’t alpha enough for me. One moment he is trying to be hard core the next he is gasping because she is wearing his underwear.
Now if that was my dominant alpha, he would have given me a cocky smile, licked his lips and gave that ‘how you doin’ look, But no, he gasped like a little girl.

~ The price….I don’t get it. How can a publisher charge this much for a book written so badly??

…..ok, I could go on, I could practically write a novel, but I won’t.

I will take my Inner Goddess (seriously if I had to read that line one more time I would have caused self harm) and my find something else to read.

186 of 201 people found the following review helpful.
Where to start with this?
By GadgetChick
The success of this book baffles me. While I am not an avid reader of “erotic fiction,” I have read some, and everything that I’ve read is so much better than this, it’s ridiculous. If you’re contemplating buying this book, here’s what the book is, if this helps you make a decision:
- Take Stephenie Meyer’s ham-handed, awkward writing and turn down the “quality” dial about four – maybe five – notches. Romance novel readers can look at it this way – the writing is about two levels worse than the worst Harlequin romance you’ve ever read.
- Add in a Stephenie Meyer-esque heroine, a woman so boring it is hard to imagine how anyone – much less an extremely rich, sophisticated, smart, experienced dominant – would ever see anything the least bit interesting in her. Just like Bella in the Twilight novels, Anastasia is mostly just a cipher, a complete blank that women can project themselves onto. She’s not that smart, she’s not that funny, she has very pedestrian beliefs, goals and ambitions, she has standard mommy-didn’t-love-me and divorced-parent issues. Actually, Anastasia is Bella, just this time around she gets into sex.
- Add in some clumsily-written sex scenes and a whole lot of mostly inaccurate, overblown information about BDSM. Then couch the sex scenes in a whole lot of very boring dialogue and “plot” (mainly consisting of the main characters’ emails to each other – is there anything more boring than reading someone else’s emails?) so there can at least be a pretense that there is a story here, and that the book isn’t just bad BDSM erotica.
Part of my problem with the book is the poor quality, including everything I’ve mentioned above. My other main problem with the book is just how unbelievable the story and the characters are. There are very few experienced doms out there who get involved with uninitiated subs this way. There are very few doms with Christian’s resources that have to resort to uninitiated partners, no matter how “fascinating” (not) they are – they can pretty much purchase as much experience and expertise in their partners as they need, and generally, they need and want a lot of experience – bringing someone up to their level takes time and effort and becomes boring pretty quickly. I would actually caution women who might be interested in this kind of arrangement with a dominant, now that they’ve read the book – experienced doms who look for uninitiated subs do not usually have good intentions of bringing someone along into the lifestyle slowly, and buying them cars and computers. It’s something people should steer clear of, not seek out.
I don’t know. I guess if this gets some housewives hot and bothered and spices up their bedroom life, there’s no harm in it. Husbands everywhere will probably get some awesome experiences out of this whole temporary BDSM-lite erotic-fiction craze. But, the really tragic thing is that there are authors of erotic fiction out there, who have been working for a long time, who actually have – you know – WRITING SKILLS – who will never be as rich or as famous as the woman who wrote this very lackluster book that is getting all kinds of unwarranted attention, for no good reason.
If readers of this are really interested in this whole BDSM erotic-fiction thing, without the thinly-veiled, poorly-constructed romance subtext, I highly recommend the Sleeping Beauty series that Anne Rice wrote under a pen name, A.N. Roquelaure. The first one, The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, is available for Kindle here on Amazon. It’s much better written, overall, than this book, and also much more creative (and thus, much hotter).

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50 Shades Of Gray

When creative writing of recognized artisti value student Anastasia Steele goes to consultation young enterpriser Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and intimidating. The unworldly, innocent Ana is startled to realize she wants this man and, in spite of his enigmatic reserve, finds she is desperate to get close to him. Unable to protest Ana’s quiet beauty, wit, and independent spirit, Grey admits he wants her, too—but on his own terms.
 
Shocked yet thrilled by Grey’s singular (erotic|sexual pleasure|sexually arousing tastes, Ana hesitates. For all the trappings of success—his multinational businesses, his vast wealth, his loving family—Grey is a man tormented by demons and consumed by the need to control. When the couple embarks on a daring, passionately physical affair, Ana discovers Christian Grey’s mysteries and explores her own dark desires.

Erotic, amusing, and deeply moving, the Fifty Shades Trilogy is a tale that will obsess you, possess you, and stay with you forever.

ReviewA GoodReads Choice Awards Finalist for Best Romance

About the AuthorE L James is a former TV executive, wife and mother of two based in West London. Since early childhood she dreamed of writing stories that readers would fall in love with, but put those dreams on hold to focus on her family and her career. She in the long run plucked up the courage to put pen to paper with her introductory novel, Fifty Shades of Grey.

50 Shades Of Gray Picture

50 Shades Of Gray Pic

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50 Shades Of Gray Photo

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With age comes the aging process. Cell regeneration slows down and this causes changes to our bodies that in some cases are more noticeable in dissimilar parts than others.

For the woman who is in her fifties and over, the aging procedure is more noticeable. Firstly with your hair and then your face. As cell regeneration slows it is routine our skin becomes paler and looses the shine we had in our youth. Cell regeneration in our hair causes each strand to turn white that gives us that greying look.

Grey hair may develop an effect where on original inspection you believe you are thinning on top of your head and going bald. This is a natural reaction as the grey colour brings about this effect.

Modern hairstyling proficiencies include cutting styles and colouring of the hair. With long grey hair it will become straight and look thin so a shorter haircut will provide more body as the weight is removed. Choosing a hair colour that is one shade lighter then your natural hair colour will blend with your paler skin and will not be so noticeable.

Using a technique called low-lighting may dramatically alter the way you look. This technique is used by a hairstylist who will have various shades of your natural hair colour ready to dye each grey strand. The technique is gathering a section of the grey hair and applying a shade of the colour to each section that will result in an all over blending.

The hairstylist will colour up to ninety percent if not all of the grey hair. As each division or strands are coloured with a dissimilar shade the overall effect will be that it mixes together to look natural. No one will say to you that they love your new colour as they will not observe any dissimilar other than you look fabulous.

When using low-lights a permanent colour is used and this means you will need a touch up each eight to twelve weeks, depending on how well you have been looking after your hair.

If you want to be more adventurous then cover up grey hair with bold rich colours such as copper or copper-gold for that wow factor that will get you noticed.

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1757 of 1838 people found the following review helpful.
An older man on truckling
By david shobin/thatch pond corp
First, a disclaimer. I am a male senior citizen, a semi-retired gynecologist whose customary literary fare is spy novels and military techno-thrillers. I have never read a romance before, except perhaps for junior high’s “A Tale of Two Cities” (or was that a classic?) But after the recent hullabaloo over James’ “Fifty Shades,” I opted to give the genre a glance.

The book’s protagonist is college student Anastasia, who has never had sex or even “touched herself.” I had to suspend disbelief at the social and sexual naivete of this twenty-one year-old, but I guess this implied vulnerability makes her more attractive as a romantic heroine. Yet it doesn’t take her long to rectify this situation, and soon she is having orgasm after orgasm at the behest of her “dominant” partner, Mr. Grey. At my age, my arthritis flared up just reading about Ana’s sexual gymnastics. And for some reason, I kept thinking about her contracting genital warts. Soon, however, Ana’s endless pyrotechnic climaxes resembled repetitively watching porn: after a while, it leaves me bored and yawning. That said, there was a definite infectiousness to the plot; and taking Viagra to stiffen my resolve, I persevered.

James’ strong suit is her ability to elicit sympathy in the protagonist. I wanted to find out what happened to Anastasia, and that lent the story a compelling, page-turning quality. James is a polished novelist. Her dialogue is crisp, her prose poised, and her paragraphs well-parsed. The author’s considerable skills notwithstanding, would I pick up an erotic romance like this again? Probably not.

But that’s just me.

1249 of 1363 people found the following review helpful.
Could not finish
By RiverinaRomantics
1.5 stars

I don’t enjoy writing bad reviews, honestly it puts a sick feeling in my stomach, but at the moment I am feeling too annoyed not to write one. So please don’t get snarky – I do realise I am in the minority with my opinions.

OK, I couldn’t finish this book. I tried, holy hell did I try – but by 88% I was so annoyed I had to put it down.

And after a lot of contemplation I have decided not to rant and rave, but simple state in point form what I didn’t like.

~ The writing was too sterile. There was no depth and I found it hard connecting to any of it. There was a whole heap of – I touched him, he touched me, I did this, he did that. And it wasn’t engaging at all.
When I read I want to be able to feel the emotion, not be told how a scene is playing out as if the heroine is actually an observer.

~ The sex – it wasn’t hot at all. I wouldn’t even classify it as erotic. For some strange reason I have the opinion that you need to be able to refer to your vagina as something more erotic than ‘down there’ before you can pull off a significant hotness rating.

~ Christian – ok, he was relatively hot but not enough to get my blood pumping. He wasn’t alpha enough for me. One moment he is trying to be hard core the next he is gasping because she is wearing his underwear.
Now if that was my dominant alpha, he would have given me a cocky smile, licked his lips and gave that ‘how you doin’ look, But no, he gasped like a little girl.

~ The price….I don’t get it. How can a publisher charge this much for a book written so badly??

…..ok, I could go on, I could practically write a novel, but I won’t.

I will take my Inner Goddess (seriously if I had to read that line one more time I would have caused self harm) and my find something else to read.

106 of 113 people found the following review helpful.
Oh My, Biting My Lip, Jeez
By Patricia Gallagher
I took the advice of several one-star reviewers and read the first three chapters of this book online, via Amazon. Oh dear Lord.

I skimmed about half of it, noting that other reviewers were very correct about the repetitive language. Ana blushes. She blushes again. She turns crimson and says Jeez and Oh Crap and Damn and blushes again. (Repeat every page or paragraph or every sentence or so.) She gasps, he gasps. She blushes and talks to herself a lot, in italics. He has grey eyes, long fingers; she’s apparently the most naive person in America. OK, that’s three chapters.

As others have noted, there are a lot of British terms for an American girl to be speaking–one that hasn’t been mentioned here is when she gets mad at her roommate and thinks, “I don’t usually throw toys from my pram.” The hey? No one calls a carriage a pram here, and that saying is not in my memory. Also, there’s a use of very old-fashioned terms, such as “uncle’s monkey” and “paying peanuts” for rent.

And yes, you don’t drive through Portland to get to Seattle from Vancouver.

Well. So I didn’t read the rest of the novel. I don’t want to, given the very poor execution and lack of editorial control in the three chapters I read. Sorry, you BSDM fans.

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50 Shades Of Grey

When creative writing of recognized artisti value student Anastasia Steele goes to consultation young enterpriser Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and intimidating. The unworldly, innocent Ana is startled to realize she wants this man and, in spite of his enigmatic reserve, finds she is desperate to get close to him. Unable to protest Ana’s quiet beauty, wit, and independent spirit, Grey admits he wants her, too—but on his own terms.
 
Shocked yet thrilled by Grey’s singular (erotic|sexual pleasure|sexually arousing tastes, Ana hesitates. For all the trappings of success—his multinational businesses, his vast wealth, his loving family—Grey is a man tormented by demons and consumed by the need to control. When the couple embarks on a daring, passionately physical affair, Ana discovers Christian Grey’s mysteries and explores her own dark desires.

Erotic, amusing, and deeply moving, the Fifty Shades Trilogy is a tale that will obsess you, possess you, and stay with you forever.

ReviewA GoodReads Choice Awards Finalist for Best Romance

About the AuthorE L James is a former TV executive, wife and mother of two based in West London. Since early childhood she dreamed of writing stories that readers would fall in love with, but put those dreams on hold to focus on her family and her career. She in the end plucked up the courage to put pen to paper with her initial novel, Fifty Shades of Grey.

50 Shades Of Grey Picture

50 Shades Of Grey Picture

50 Shades Of Grey Photo

50 Shades Of Grey Picture

50 Shades Of Grey Image

50 Shades Of Grey Photo

With age comes the aging process. Cell regeneration slows down and this causes changes to our bodies that in a lot of cases are more noticeable in dissimilar elements than others.

For the woman who is in her fifties and over, the aging procedure is more noticeable. Firstly with your hair and then your face. As cell regeneration slows it is procedure our skin becomes paler and looses the shine we had in our youth. Cell regeneration in our hair causes each strand to turn white that gives us that greying look.

Grey hair may construct an effect where on firstborn inspection you believe you are thinning on top of your head and going bald. This is a natural reaction as the grey colour gives rise to this effect.

Modern hairstyling proficiencies include cutting styles and colouring of the hair. With long grey hair it will become straight and look thin so a shorter haircut will provide more body as the weight is removed. Choosing a hair colour that is one shade lighter then your natural hair colour will blend with your paler skin and will not be so noticeable.

Using a technique called low-lighting may dramatically modify the way you look. This technique is applied by a hairstylist who will have assorted shades of your natural hair colour ready to dye each grey strand. The technique is gathering a section of the grey hair and applying a shade of the colour to each section that will result in an all over blending.

The hairstylist will colour up to ninety percent if not all of the grey hair. As each division or strands are coloured with a dissimilar shade the overall effect will be that it mixes together to look natural. No one will say to you that they love your new colour as they will not observe any dissimilar other than you look fabulous.

When using low-lights a permanent colour is employed and this means you will need a touch up each eight to twelve weeks, depending on how well you have been looking after your hair.

If you want to be more adventurous then cover up grey hair with bold rich colours such as copper or copper-gold for that wow factor that will get you noticed.

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1337 of 1402 people found the following review helpful.
An older man on truckling
By david shobin/thatch pond corp
First, a disclaimer. I am a male senior citizen, a semi-retired gynecologist whose customary literary fare is spy novels and military techno-thrillers. I have never read a romance before, except perhaps for junior high’s “A Tale of Two Cities” (or was that a classic?) But after the recent hullabaloo over James’ “Fifty Shades,” I opted to give the genre a glance.

The book’s protagonist is college student Anastasia, who has never had sex or even “touched herself.” I had to suspend disbelief at the social and sexual naivete of this twenty-one year-old, but I guess this implied vulnerability makes her more attractive as a romantic heroine. Yet it doesn’t take her long to rectify this situation, and soon she is having orgasm after orgasm at the behest of her “dominant” partner, Mr. Grey. At my age, my arthritis flared up just reading about Ana’s sexual gymnastics. And for some reason, I kept thinking about her contracting genital warts. Soon, however, Ana’s endless pyrotechnic climaxes resembled repetitively watching porn: after a while, it leaves me bored and yawning. That said, there was a definite infectiousness to the plot; and taking Viagra to stiffen my resolve, I persevered.

James’ strong suit is her ability to elicit sympathy in the protagonist. I wanted to find out what happened to Anastasia, and that lent the story a compelling, page-turning quality. James is a polished novelist. Her dialogue is crisp, her prose poised, and her paragraphs well-parsed. The author’s considerable skills notwithstanding, would I pick up an erotic romance like this again? Probably not.

But that’s just me.

1004 of 1097 people found the following review helpful.
Could not finish
By RiverinaRomantics
1.5 stars

I don’t enjoy writing bad reviews, honestly it puts a sick feeling in my stomach, but at the moment I am feeling too annoyed not to write one. So please don’t get snarky – I do realise I am in the minority with my opinions.

OK, I couldn’t finish this book. I tried, holy hell did I try – but by 88% I was so annoyed I had to put it down.

And after a lot of contemplation I have decided not to rant and rave, but simple state in point form what I didn’t like.

~ The writing was too sterile. There was no depth and I found it hard connecting to any of it. There was a whole heap of – I touched him, he touched me, I did this, he did that. And it wasn’t engaging at all.
When I read I want to be able to feel the emotion, not be told how a scene is playing out as if the heroine is actually an observer.

~ The sex – it wasn’t hot at all. I wouldn’t even classify it as erotic. For some strange reason I have the opinion that you need to be able to refer to your vagina as something more erotic than ‘down there’ before you can pull off a significant hotness rating.

~ Christian – ok, he was relatively hot but not enough to get my blood pumping. He wasn’t alpha enough for me. One moment he is trying to be hard core the next he is gasping because she is wearing his underwear.
Now if that was my dominant alpha, he would have given me a cocky smile, licked his lips and gave that ‘how you doin’ look, But no, he gasped like a little girl.

~ The price….I don’t get it. How can a publisher charge this much for a book written so badly??

…..ok, I could go on, I could practically write a novel, but I won’t.

I will take my Inner Goddess (seriously if I had to read that line one more time I would have caused self harm) and my find something else to read.

413 of 455 people found the following review helpful.
Deeply Disturbing, Compelling and Completely Addicting
By Kris
I am not into BDSM stories, but I have to say that I really loved this one. This was one of those books that keeps you glued to the pages; staying up reading into the early morning. I found it to be very addicting which is really disturbing for me.

This is the love story of Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey. Christian is such a complex character. You love him and hate him at the same time and it’s really confusing. He’s the ultimate alpha male, bad boy with a very dark and disturbing desire to inflict pain. He literally gets off on it. He meets and falls for Anastasia. When they meet she is an innocent college student and happens to still be a virgin. This is their love story and its deeply disturbing. Our boy Christian has some serious demons and its making Ana think long and hard about their relationship. This is not your typical boy meets girl let’s date and fall in love romance. He wants to dominate her and he wants her submissive. He comes up with a contract that he wants her to sign. She’s torn between her love for him and her fear of him. She wants to know why he is so Fifty Shades of “f’d” up. She wants to get to the bottom of what happened in his past to make him need this type of relationship and why he hates to be touched. He introduces her to the “dark side” of his sexual habits and in his desire to keep her and make her happy, tries for the “vanilla relationship” she desires. Will Ana embrace Christian’s dark side or will it be more than she can handle? The way he makes love to her is so erotic, steamy, sexy and scary all at the same time.

I know it does not sound like it, but there is a real love story there. Ana brings out feelings in Christian that he has never felt with anyone else. As crazy as it sounds, I have a lot of hope for these two and I am eager to read the next installment.

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Fifty Shades Of Gray

Erotic, amusing, and deeply moving, the Fifty Shades Trilogy is a tale that will obsess you, possess you, and stay with you forever.
 
When creative writing of recognized artisti value student Anastasia Steele goes to consultation young enterpriser Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and intimidating. The unworldly, innocent Ana is startled to realize she wants this man and, in spite of his enigmatic reserve, finds she is desperate to get close to him. Unable to protest Ana’s quiet beauty, wit, and independent spirit, Grey admits he wants her, too—but on his own terms.
 
Shocked yet thrilled by Grey’s singular (erotic|sexual pleasure|sexually arousing tastes, Ana hesitates. For all the trappings of success—his multinational businesses, his tremendous wealth, his loving family—Grey is a man tormented by demons and consumed by the need to control. When the couple embarks on a daring, passionately physical affair, Ana discovers Christian Grey’s mysteries and explores her own dark desires.

ReviewA GoodReads Choice Awards Finalist for Best Romance

About the AuthorE L James is a former TV executive, wife and mother of two based in West London. Since early childhood she dreamed of writing stories that readers would fall in love with, but put those dreams on hold to focus on her family and her career. She ultimately plucked up the courage to put pen to paper with her primary novel, Fifty Shades of Grey.

Fifty Shades Of Gray Pic

Fifty Shades Of Gray Pic

Fifty Shades Of Gray Image

Fifty Shades Of Gray Pic

Fifty Shades Of Gray Picture

Fifty Shades Of Gray Image

With age comes the aging process. Cell regeneration slows down and this causes changes to our bodies that in a lot of cases are more noticeable in dissimilar elements than others.

For the woman who is in her fifties and over, the aging procedure is more noticeable. Firstly with your hair and then your face. As cell regeneration slows it is routine our skin becomes paler and looses the shine we had in our youth. Cell regeneration in our hair causes each strand to turn white that gives us that greying look.

Grey hair may create an effect where on basi inspection you believe you are thinning on top of your head and going bald. This is a natural reaction as the grey colour produces this effect.

Modern hairstyling proficiencies include cutting styles and colouring of the hair. With long grey hair it will become straight and look thin so a shorter haircut will provide more body as the weight is removed. Choosing a hair colour that is one shade lighter then your natural hair colour will blend with your paler skin and will not be so noticeable.

Using a technique called low-lighting may dramatically alter the way you look. This technique is employed by a hairstylist who will have various shades of your natural hair colour ready to dye each grey strand. The technique is gathering a section of the grey hair and applying a shade of the colour to each division that will result in an all over blending.

The hairstylist will colour up to ninety percent if not all of the grey hair. As each section or strands are coloured with a dissimilar shade the overall effect will be that it mixes together to look natural. No one will say to you that they love your new colour as they will not observe any dissimilar other than you look fabulous.

When using low-lights a permanent colour is used and this means you will need a touch up each eight to twelve weeks, depending on how well you have been looking after your hair.

If you want to be more adventurous then cover up grey hair with bold rich colours such as copper or copper-gold for that wow element that will get you noticed.

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939 of 979 people found the following review helpful.
An older man on truckling
By david shobin/thatch pond corp
First, a disclaimer. I am a male senior citizen, a semi-retired gynecologist whose customary literary fare is spy novels and military techno-thrillers. I have never read a romance before, except perhaps for junior high’s “A Tale of Two Cities” (or was that a classic?) But after the recent hullabaloo over James’ “Fifty Shades,” I opted to give the genre a glance.

The book’s protagonist is college student Anastasia, who has never had sex or even “touched herself.” I had to suspend disbelief at the social and sexual naivete of this twenty-one year-old, but I guess this implied vulnerability makes her more attractive as a romantic heroine. Yet it doesn’t take her long to rectify this situation, and soon she is having orgasm after orgasm at the behest of her “dominant” partner, Mr. Grey. At my age, my arthritis flared up just reading about Ana’s sexual gymnastics. And for some reason, I kept thinking about her contracting genital warts. Soon, however, Ana’s endless pyrotechnic climaxes resembled repetitively watching porn: after a while, it leaves me bored and yawning. That said, there was a definite infectiousness to the plot; and taking Viagra to stiffen my resolve, I persevered.

James’ strong suit is her ability to elicit sympathy in the protagonist. I wanted to find out what happened to Anastasia, and that lent the story a compelling, page-turning quality. James is a polished novelist. Her dialogue is crisp, her prose poised, and her paragraphs well-parsed. The author’s considerable skills notwithstanding, would I pick up an erotic romance like this again? Probably not.

But that’s just me.

357 of 386 people found the following review helpful.
Deeply Disturbing, Compelling and Completely Addicting
By Kris
I am not into BDSM stories, but I have to say that I really loved this one. This was one of those books that keeps you glued to the pages; staying up reading into the early morning. I found it to be very addicting which is really disturbing for me.

This is the love story of Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey. Christian is such a complex character. You love him and hate him at the same time and it’s really confusing. He’s the ultimate alpha male, bad boy with a very dark and disturbing desire to inflict pain. He literally gets off on it. He meets and falls for Anastasia. When they meet she is an innocent college student and happens to still be a virgin. This is their love story and its deeply disturbing. Our boy Christian has some serious demons and its making Ana think long and hard about their relationship. This is not your typical boy meets girl let’s date and fall in love romance. He wants to dominate her and he wants her submissive. He comes up with a contract that he wants her to sign. She’s torn between her love for him and her fear of him. She wants to know why he is so Fifty Shades of “f’d” up. She wants to get to the bottom of what happened in his past to make him need this type of relationship and why he hates to be touched. He introduces her to the “dark side” of his sexual habits and in his desire to keep her and make her happy, tries for the “vanilla relationship” she desires. Will Ana embrace Christian’s dark side or will it be more than she can handle? The way he makes love to her is so erotic, steamy, sexy and scary all at the same time.

I know it does not sound like it, but there is a real love story there. Ana brings out feelings in Christian that he has never felt with anyone else. As crazy as it sounds, I have a lot of hope for these two and I am eager to read the next installment.

803 of 878 people found the following review helpful.
Could not finish
By RiverinaRomantics
1.5 stars

I don’t enjoy writing bad reviews, honestly it puts a sick feeling in my stomach, but at the moment I am feeling too annoyed not to write one. So please don’t get snarky – I do realise I am in the minority with my opinions.

OK, I couldn’t finish this book. I tried, holy hell did I try – but by 88% I was so annoyed I had to put it down.

And after a lot of contemplation I have decided not to rant and rave, but simple state in point form what I didn’t like.

~ The writing was too sterile. There was no depth and I found it hard connecting to any of it. There was a whole heap of – I touched him, he touched me, I did this, he did that. And it wasn’t engaging at all.
When I read I want to be able to feel the emotion, not be told how a scene is playing out as if the heroine is actually an observer.

~ The sex – it wasn’t hot at all. I wouldn’t even classify it as erotic. For some strange reason I have the opinion that you need to be able to refer to your vagina as something more erotic than ‘down there’ before you can pull off a significant hotness rating.

~ Christian – ok, he was relatively hot but not enough to get my blood pumping. He wasn’t alpha enough for me. One moment he is trying to be hard core the next he is gasping because she is wearing his underwear.
Now if that was my dominant alpha, he would have given me a cocky smile, licked his lips and gave that ‘how you doin’ look, But no, he gasped like a little girl.

~ The price….I don’t get it. How can a publisher charge this much for a book written so badly??

…..ok, I could go on, I could practically write a novel, but I won’t.

I will take my Inner Goddess (seriously if I had to read that line one more time I would have caused self harm) and my find something else to read.

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Fifty Shades Of Grey

When creative writing of recognized artisti value student Anastasia Steele is drafted to consultation the successful young enterpriser Christian Grey for her campus magazine, she finds him attractive, enigmatic and intimidating. Convinced their meeting went badly, she tries to put Grey out of her mind – until he happens to turn up at the out-of-town hardware store where she works part-time. Erotic, amusing, and deeply moving, the Fifty Shades Trilogy is a tale that will obsess you, possess you, and stay with you forever.

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Do you look as old as you feel? Ageing is a share of life, rather of rebelling versus nature; hug this time, do not forget life is short. There are nevertheless a heap of ways in which you may change or change your aspect gracefully, but let’s have a look at how you may achieve the perfective hairstyle to defy your age.

The firstborn thing most women over fifty tend to do is chop off their hair and color it a darker shade to cover the gray, but ought to you do the same? The smart cash says – No, you may have long medium or short hair, because a fifty year old woman may look just as good as a twenty year old with the same hairstyle. Natural looking highlights may alter your look drastically, lightening and lifting your face.

The most essential aspect of a new style revolves around taking your facial shape into considerateness and determining what features you want to accentuate or hide away. Hair becomes arid and limp so be sure to deep moisturize your hair regularly, making it shiny and full of life.

If you have fine lines and wrinkles, soften them by adding layers around the face. It is strongly commended to add layers if you have long hair, it will lift your face. Layers will add body and volume to your hair. Expression lines on the forehead may without apparent effort be covered up by adding bangs, undertake side swept bangs as they will add softness and generate a chic edge to your hairstyle. Remember bangs may be added no matter of the length of your hair.

Perhaps you want to hide your neck area and have longer cut layers which will divert attention. You don’t need to hide everything though, if you have pretty eyes, accentuate them with bangs skimming the brow area. Some soft layers may spotlight lovely cheekbones. If you want to show off your neckline have a shorter bob haircut.

Often humans advise you to have a picture of a hairstyle you like. Remember to focus on the haircut rather than on the person sporting it. Technology may likewise be very helpful, some of the latest software programs online concede you to upload a current photo of yourself and undertake out some dissimilar hairstyles.

If you haven’t changed your hairstyle in the last few years – now is the time; outdated styles unquestionably give away your age. Stay current; be daring and young at heart. Remember you are as old as you feel.

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I was expecting to receive boy-shorts but they are just regular panties. The product description also forgot to mention that they have a transparent back. The material quality looked great but this is not the design I expected. I had to throw them away since they can’t be returned.

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Jezebel Womens French Low Rise Boyshort

Jezebel Women’s French Doll Low-Rise Boyshort,French Pink,X-Large

Comfortable French Doll boyshort with lace overlay and bow detail

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Ongossamer Stretch Flower Boyshort 025003 915

This sexy lowrise flower pattern bikini boyshorts panty is from Afboutique 2011 collection. It is made from a lace pattern fabric.Brand new with tags in magnificent condition *PLEASE NOTE. This panty was purchased in a closeout irregular lot. Retail at12.00 on sale from 1.00 to 3.99

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Ed Hardy Tiger Boyshort

Created by French designer, Christian Audigier, this Ed Hardy collection features vibrant, tattoo-inspired styles for women. It’s the definition of ‘hip’ and you may have it right now.

• Graphic: TIGER
• 56% Modal Rayon 38% cotton 6% Spandex
• V-neck front stretch French terry hoodie dress
• Made of a super soft modal blend
• Hood features smooth hot pink lining
• Two front pockets
• Machine wash cold

Plain packaging and discretion guaranteed!

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