Sunday Book Review #1

So I wanted to start off by creating a few weekly features, the first being a book review! I love reading, I used to read so much more than I do now, since I'm reaching the end of my schooling and am usually engulfed in history books, as well as juggling an internship and my retail job. So this is a way to renew my love for reading for fun, and to make sure I don't slow down again! And so after that super long introduction, I'll show the first book I'll be reviewing, and it's slightly controversial, but I read it because I figured it would be a quick read and I wanted to know what the hype was all about, and that book is Fifty Shades of Grey.


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       So, this book is the beginning of a trilogy by E.L.James, and almost everywhere I turn on the internet this book is being talked about. Now, for the sake of being appropriate for the blog, I won't go into any of the less desirable details, but instead talk about the writing, the characters, and why I feel like this book is so popular.
      First things first, the actual writing of this book, in my opinion, isn't very good. Just sometimes the way lines were repeated being beaten into your head, so obviously trying to create a theme was a bit annoying at times. On the other hand, the writing being so simple allowed me to read this rather quickly, over about a day and half.
     The characters in this story really make the book, and this is, I feel, why so many people are drawn in and continue to read this book. The relationship between Christian Grey and Anastasia is magnetic, and you become so engulfed in their story, trying to figure out will they work out their agreement or if they will actually fall in love in some twisted way. Christian Grey is a surprisingly deep character, maybe that's just me and I got drawn into his mysteriousness along with all the other women secretly reading this on their kindles. He has a lot of secrets in his past, and reveals very little of himself, but more than he ever has to anyone except Anastasia.
     Overall, this book is exactly what it's broadcast to be, an unrealistic, controversial romance novel. Even though the writing was so-so, it surprises me to say I would read the other two books in the trilogy. I give this book a rating of 3/5.
If anyone else has read this, what did you think of it?