Hello all!
This review was written by Jenny Wilson, the writer who reviewed Fifty Shades of Grey. She will be joining the writing team here at The Book Obsessed Reader. She will be reviewing the classics (pre-1900s) on a regular basis. We will also be having a few additional writers join our team in the very near future as well. Our new reviewers will be working on romance and fantasy/sci-fi. We will give more information for that later on in the week!
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-Krista
Book Title: Fifty Shades Darker
Author: E.L. James
2.5 out of 5 Stars
Plot Background:
Sigh… for those of you who read my review of the first book,
I had low hopes for the idiot Anastasia. And with good reason. She mopes around
for maybe three days before running back to the sociopath, Christian Grey. So
then things get real. Christian has some kind of life altering realization, and
decides he wants a “normal” relationship. And then he gets entirely too intense
about Anastasia. You get some more information on Christian dark and horrible
past. It’s like insider knowledge on what makes a lunatic. At some point, he
goes missing. Then he comes back. I don’t know, who cares? No one is reading
this dribble for the plot anyways.
My Thoughts:
This book is annoying. There was so many times where I just
wanted to throw it away and never turn back. But I persevered! To be fair
though, there are a lot a life lessons in this book. And by life lessons, I
really mean “what not to do”. For example, don’t move in with someone that owns
an S&M room if that makes you uncomfortable. Don’t get engaged to a man
you’ve known maybe three weeks. Don’t let your boss sexually harass you; we’ve
come a long way since women entered the workplace. It’s called HR.
I still don’t like the characters. They’re as annoying as
they were in the first book. Only Anastasia is maybe more clingy than before,
if that was even possible. I feel bad for the author for having to work with
such unlikeable characters. Truly, E.L., I am sorry. I more or less pity the two
main characters, because their relationship is based solely on sex. I don’t
care what anyone else says, it is. And although that’s an important aspect of a
relationship, that’s not what you build the entire thing on.
But as you can see, I gave this book a half a star more than
the last one. Why, you ask? Because obviously we now have an editor! And I give
credit where credit is due. By no means is this book perfect. There is still a
lot of redundancy when it comes to explicit scenes, but not so bad as to use
the same adjective or verb twice within a few sentences. The author used to use the phrase “fifty
shades of…” way too often, but now it’s a nickname for Christian Grey. I
haven’t decided if that’s an improvement yet.
Overall, the book is mediocre. By the end of it, I came to
the conclusion that I needed fifty shades of sabbatical. I will not be
reviewing the third book anytime soon. I need to read something that doesn’t
make me feel dead inside. Honestly, I’m afraid if I start the third book I’ll
kill my remaining brain cells and forget how to read altogether.
But if you’re still feeling interested, here’s a link to the
book. It’s a whopping $9.99 for the Kindle.
$9 for a new paperback copy, if you’re not too embarrassed to have your
friends see it on your bookshelf.
Happy reading?
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