Fifty Shades of Grey

I am finally writing a review on the very popular book Fifty Shades of Grey. I bought this book on Tuesday of last week and started reading it on the Thursday. I finally finished it on Wednesday night. This book is the best selling paperback of all time, even beating the amazing Harry Potter, one of my favourite book series of all time. 

I was very sceptical going to read this book because I have heard very good things about it but also very bad things about it but as it is the best selling paperback of all time, I was going in with quite high expectations. I do like how it gets straight into the story, unlike Twilight (this book did actually start as a Twilight fanfic if you weren't already aware, but it was taken down as it was too erotic so E.L James decided to make the story into a book, or three books to be more precise) where the real story didn't start until many pages in. 

Anastasia Steele is the protagonist. And to be honest, I actually quite like her. I don't usually like the protagonists, they're either too stupid or too girly etc but Ana seems to have a lot of wit, which makes her very likable. She's also very smart and quite sensible (although some could argue about that). I like the way she goes about things.

Then we have Christian Grey. The famous Christian Grey. He's portrayed as a very handsome man, but he's hiding a big secret about his childhood that shapes him out to be the man that he is today. He's a bit messed up inside, and throughout the books Ana tries to figure him out and learn about his secrets. He's very rich (and very good in bed) which I think is one of the reasons as to why this book is such a good seller, it gives girls the chance to see what it would be like to date the 'dream guy;' a handsome, rich man with his own helicopter. But lets face it, another reason it's a best seller is because of all the sex. It's an erotic novel, really erotic. The 'Red Room of Pain' could be either your dream, or your nightmare, but it's something different which is why I think it's such a hit.

Overall I think this book is very... average. It isn't awful, but it isn't amazing. I've read better books such a Vampire Academy. However I may buy the next book just to see where the relationship goes and to fully understand why Christian is the way that he is. 

Story Line: ☻☻☻☺☺
Addiction: ☻☻☻☻☺

Genre: Erotic.