“Clear,
bright- blue, embarrassed eyes meet mine and halt me in my tracks. They are the
most extraordinary colour-guileless, powder-blue- and for one awful moment, I
think she can see right through me. I feel….exposed. The thought is unnerving.
She has a small, sweet face that is blushing now, an innocent pale rose. I
wonder briefly if all her skin is like that-flawless-and what it would look
like pink and warmed from the bite of a cane. Fuck. ”(E.L.James.(2011)
Fifty Shades Freed. Arrow Books;
London. Page 558)
little
n says…
I have just finished the last fifty shades book. My last
review was written after I finished the first book. The second book was an improvement
in my opinion. Mr Grey and Ana move
forward with their relationship get engaged
and married between the second and third books and finaly by the end of the third book the reader finds out that they have two children together. Ana starts a
new job at a ‘small’ publishing house in the second book, and is sexually harassed by her boss
Jack Hyde (who turns out to have a very big personal grudge against Mr Grey and
his family) which is the focus of the third book. In the second book Ana also learns a bit more about Christian’s
previous submissives (particularly liela who has a breakdown and waves a gun around) and his old mistress Elena. Throughout the book Ana seeks relentlessly
to learn more about Christians past which is slowly revealed to her as their
relationship deepens. The dialogue does improve somewhat, however it is still a
bit repetitive and the sex scenes are still a bit vanilla but they do improve
and contain a bit more kink as the trilogy progresses but I suppose that is to
be expected considering it is such a mainstream novel not a bdsm book.
Good points:
·
The email messages between Ana and Christian
are entertaining and add to the erotic tension between the two characters.
·
I like Christian Grey’s character he is a
gentledom type with a naughty sadistic streak. He seems to really care about
the welfare of his submissives in a way that is not always put across by some Doms
in the scene. Some people criticise him for being too stalkerish and
controlling, but I quite like it. But that’s my personal preference.
·
I enjoyed the last chapter of the third book
which was written from his perspective. In my opinion it read better than the
rest of the books. I could identify more with Christians thinking, although
that does not mean that I did not identify with Ana at all I can be shy like
her, but I am no were near as easily shocked as her!
·
The third book was also full of drama which
made it more of a page turner.
·
I also like the descriptions of Christian as
a small scared red haired child at the end of the third book, its kind of heart warming, and his boyishness
and insecurities remind me of my Daddy who can also be a little insecure at
times. <3
Bad points:
·
I think these have been covered by me and
others previously and I don’t want to go over them again and repeat myself.
Conclusion
According to EL James the premise of her books was ‘What
would happen if you were attracted to somebody who was into the BDSM lifestyle,
when you weren’t?’. I think this
is the reason why so many of us who read the books who are into the BDSM
lifestyle do not like the books. However I can understand how someone unfamiliar
with BDSM could have their eyes opened by these books and be enthralled by
them. I feel that if these novels had been written from the perspective of someone
in the scene i.e. Mr Grey, they would have been much more palatable for
BDSMers, however it would not have enjoyed so much success in the vanilla world,
and perhaps there would be no film being made or as much interest in the
lifestyle (which I have mixed feelings about).
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