Thursday, April 12, 2012

BOOK REVIEW: FIFTY SHADES TRILOGY By E.L. James


Fifty Shades Trilogy (Fifty shade of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed) is a romance novel, a modern fairy tale discussing eroticism and the power of unselfish love and obsession. The story is very heart warming yet very addictive. Once you start the novels, they will surely promise you a long day, you will never know it's late not unless your eye lids droop effortlessly.

The story started when the Literature graduating student Anastasia Steele subbed for her sick bestfriend to conduct a scheduled interview with a conglomerate, handsomest, rich and bachelor and and one of the youngest successful businessmen in the US, Christian Trevelyan-Grey for their school newspaper. And that started the romance to kindle.

Anastasia is naïve when it comes to serious relationship while Christian had no public information about his affairs which turned out as Anastasia uncovered his secrets. Ana is living with her bestfriend Kate Kavanagh in an apartment bought by the latter’s parents. Ana’s mother has married for the 4th time and technically she lived independently and supported her studies through part-time work in a DIY shop.  The story was written in Ana’s perspective but EL James had made it to the point that the readers will have a glimpse of what other characters specifically Christian think most of the time through Ana’s inquisitive mind and hunger for information to understand Christian’s personality and lifestyle. The author is very eloquent with the way she had delivered the story lines. There were thoughts-provoking plots and elements which she had successfully bridge everything that you would eventually agree with the conclusions. The novels also stated some classic artists and books you would eventually rummage books and records store to check, or better yet, click on Google search.

The novels discussed how Ana hopelessly fell under the trap of a powerful man. She was introduced to a lot of firsts both romance and sexual eroticism. The description was very vivid that you will be dragged through Ana’s experiences. The love story was very powerful. Christian, 27 years old, after 12 years of being slave of sexual self-gratification and even considered himself as a sadist had finally met Ana who had known romance through the novels she read. Her knowledge about love and relationship were so idealistic that when she fell under Christian’s charmed life, she was overwhelmed.  She was introduced to a lot of sexual pleasures and EL James was very successful with her story telling. Readers will be drawn to inch by inch of the affairs.

The author again was very successful in making the reader feel the right emotions through Ana’s eyes, both moves on the same direction and height.

Ana’s innocence and acceptance for Christian’s fifty shades of personalities had brought her a long way and even charmed Christian to accept that he could be loved and is capable to love her unconditionally. The reasons of Christian’s complexity was graciously laid down through Ana’s persistent and consistent hunger for information and somehow the story telling will really struck readers to sympathize with him and would surely understand why he was so broken and thought himself as apt-to-no-good yet he was very successful in the whole of the United States. He found comfort and release through sex and the journey was tangled up through Christian’s carnal needs and Ana’s love.

It is indeed a powerful love story and you will be back to being a hopeless romantic once more. You will be moved by the power of romance conveyed in every chapters of this trilogy. The author has very well orchestrated a love and eroticism between Ana and Christian that would somehow leave you breathless.

Two thumbs up and 5 stars for Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed and to the author E.L. James.


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