Book Review: Fifty Shades Trilogy by E.L. James

Okay. Here I am again. A week after reading The Twilight Saga. I decided to read another famously known franchise titled, Fifty Shades Trilogy. Have you heard of it before? Well, if you do, you'll know why it's famous. ^.^ (In fact, you would be living under a rock if you never at least heard of this series once).

Fifty Shades Trilogy by E. L. James

        Anyway, I'll give you a brief summary of what Fifty Shades of Grey is all about. For those who have no idea about this book, it's actually an erotica novel. By erotica, I mean YES, it has those smexy scenes. LOTS OF THEM. It's also introduce a whole new (well, not new to me since manga introduced it to me) which is BDSM. (Heck, I don't want to explain what is BDSM to y'all >.< )

          The first novel, Fifty Shades of Grey is about a young woman named Anastasia 'Ana' Steele who's about to graduate from a university and had to replace her friend's place to interview Seattle's most eligible bachelor, Christian Grey. Their first meeting, well I can say, didn't go very well. Ana fell in front of his office's door and asked THE Christian Grey if he was gay (which was so funny!). And somehow, Christian Grey was smitten with her. Christian revealed to Ana about his dark side, which was his infatuation with BDSM.

“Does this mean you’re going to make love to me tonight, Christian?” Oh shit. Did I just say that? 

His mouth drops open slightly, but he recovers quickly.“No, Anastasia it doesn’t. Firstly, I don’t make love. I fuck… hard. Secondly, there’s a lot more paperwork to do, and thirdly, you don’t yet know what you’re in for. You could still run for the hills. Come, I want to show you my playroom.” 

My mouth drops open. Fuck hard! Oh shit, that sounds so… hot. But why are we looking at a playroom? I am mystified.“You want to play on your Xbox?” I ask.  

He laughs, loudly. “No, Anastasia, no Xbox, no Playstation. Come.”… Producing a key from his pocket, he unlocks yet another door and takes a deep breath. -- Fifty Shades of Grey

         Anyway, surprisingly, Ana decided to go forth with her twisted relationship with Christian. They planned to have a contract, though I'm sure they've never signed. The content of the contract, still made me rocking with laughter 'till now. Whips? Nipple clamp? Genital clamp? You named, they have it! Sometimes, I really can't put myself in Ana's shoes, you know. She has some twisted shoe. If I was in her shoes (sorry for the unstoppable shoe analogy), I would've ran for the hills already at the sight of the playroom.

           In my personal opinion, among the three novels, I found the first novel less to my liking. It's too much on the BDSM and there less character development happened. I didn't really like BDSM theme and luckily Fifty Shades didn't bring any heavy BDSM thing into it. Though, I have to say that Christian Grey is EFFFFINGGG HOT in his Dom mode!!! (especially when he wears those yummilicious jeans. Damn those jeans!)

“I'd like to bite that lip.” - Christian Grey, Fifty Shades Of Grey

His head turns fractionally toward me, his eyes darkest slate. I bite my lip. 

“Oh, fuck the paperwork,” he growls. He lunges at me, pushing me against the wall of the elevator. Before I know it, he’s got both of my hands in one of his in a vice-like grip above my head, and he’s pinning me to the wall using his hips. Oh shit. His other hand grabs my ponytail and yanks down, bringing my face up, and his lips are on mine. It’s only just not painful. I moan into his mouth, giving his tongue an opening. He takes full advantage, his tongue expertly exploring my mouth. I have never been kissed like this. - Fifty Shades of Grey.

         Fifty Shades Darker on the other hand, is my favourite book in the whole trilogy. IMO, it's sweeter than the first book. Their 'vanilla' relationship is a lot better than their kinky fuckery stuff (not that I hate them, but I still prefer plain old vanilla, you know).

          My favourite moment in this novel was when Christian knelt in front of her after she's thinking of leaving him for the second time.

“No. No!” he says.

“I . . .” 

He looks wildly around the room. For inspiration? For divine intervention? I don’t know. “You can’t go. Ana, I love you!” 

“I love you, too, Christian, it’s just—” 

“No . . . no!” he says in desperation and puts both hands on his head. 

“Christian . . .” 

“No,” he breathes, his eyes wide with panic, and suddenly he drops to his knees in front of me, head bowed, long-fingered hands spread out on his thighs. He takes a deep breath and doesn’t move. 

What? “Christian, what are you doing?” 

He continues to stare down, not looking at me.

“Christian! What are you doing?” My voice is high-pitched. He doesn’t move. “Christian, look at me!” I command in panic. 

His head sweeps up without hesitation, and he regards me passively with his cool gray gaze—he’s almost serene... expectant. 

Oh Fuck... Christian. The submissive. -- Fifty Shades Darker

           IT WAS THE BEST!!!! I was squealing like a damn kid when I read the last line. Christian. The submissive. Damn, I would've given my firstborn son to see CG, the submissive.Plus, just imagine, seeing a guy kneeling in front of you, with their hand on their thigh, submissively, isn't that like a wet dream come true?? That was the moment where I seriously started to like this novel more than I ever thought I would. I also fell deeper for Christian Grey at that moment. He was just so mercurial and yet so lovable. (I had to quote whatever Ana said since she was right).

“Don’t leave me,” he whispers. 

“Oh, for crying out loud—no! I am not going to go!” I shout and it’s cathartic. There, I’ve said it. I am not leaving. 

“Really?” His eyes widen. 

“What can I do to make you understand I will not run? What can I say?” 

He gazes at me, revealing his fear and anguish again. He swallows. “There is one thing you can do.” 

“What?” I snap. 

“Marry me,” he whispers. -- Fifty Shades Darker.

         The last novel, Fifty Shades Freed started with Ana and Christian's honeymoon. Wow, I was surprised at first that they did get married at the end. How it would've ended differently if I was in Ana's place... The third installment gave me the kind of feeling just like I was reading the second book. I like it very much. Though, after (I don't know how many times they did it, I just lost count) many sex, I found them boring at the end of the day. However, I still love to read the interaction they have with each other. It's so sweet and... sweet!

"My world was ordered, calm, and controlled, then you came into my life with your smart mouth, your innocence, your beauty, and your quiet temerity ...and everything before you was just dull, empty, mediocre ...it was nothing." -- Christian Grey, Fifty Shades Freed.

Oh my, the look he gives me could be solely responsible for global warming. -- Anastasia Steele, Fifty Shades Freed.

         The ending of the novel, was everything I could ever ask for. (Well, except the fact that Christian still flogged her even though she's heavily pregnant.*sigh* I still can't wrap my head around that). They have a son called Teddy and an oncoming daughter. To my surprise, Christian managed to become a good father although I doubted he would at first (Yup, I doubted him). But, all in all, he became a great husband and a good father and that is all that counts, right?

He makes me graceful, that's his skill. He makes me sexy, because that's what he is. He makes me feel loved, because in spite of his fifty shades, he has a wealth of love to give. -- Anastasia Steele, Fifty Shades Freed.

         Overall, I love this novel despite the disturbing theme. There was just something it that made me like it although I know shouldn't. What I was more surprised than anything was to find myself loving this piece more than Twilight. So much more! And another amusement is, I don't know why I would find myself that liking it so much. It's a mystery.

        Last time I hear news about Fifty Shades, I heard that it will be adapted to a film and will be released in early August next year. Well, one thing is swirling around my mind right now. How the hell are they going to make it into a frigging film? I bet it will be rated 'Mature Content' if they decided to put the obscene scenes in it. But it will not be Fifty Shades Of Grey without the mentioned scene. Well, anyway, I should just watch how it goes. Hopefully, this time, a 'Christian Grey' will be the Christian Grey and not some lousy actor like what had happened before. Hopefully.

        Oh well, this's all I can share for now. I've run out words to say. Can't wait to tell you some more later in the future. Laters baby. *winks*

Now Profoundly A Huge Admirer Of Christian Grey,

Liely

P.S. I learnt about 'Electromagnetism Induction' in my physics class and because of Fifty Shades, I had a big grin on my face throughout the whole class. I can't believe that I had such thing in my head every time I saw a magnet moving in and out of a solenoid in a relative motion and I blame it ALL on Fifty Shades. It made my mind dirtier than ever! >.<  I shall never mention this to any of my friends!

P.P.S. The released date of Fifty Shades has been delayed to February 2015. PEOPLE, I WOULD BE 19 WHEN I WATCH THE MOVIE AND I'M CURRENTLY 17!!
R U FUCKING KIDDING ME????