Fifty Shades of Grey: Introduction

Fifty Shades of Grey Trilogy Review Overview

Previously Posted on April 19, 2012

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The Fifty Shades trilogy by EL James (Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker, and Fifty Shades Freed) has been dubbed by the author’s fans as ‘Mommy Porn’.  Admittedly, I devoured all three books within 1 ½ weeks (would have been done sooner, but El Jefe and Her Royal Highness (HRH) needed dinner and shit).

Once done with the books, I found myself meandering around the house, feeling empty and lost.  I wondered if Anastasia and Christian even do stupid laundry. Or do they just roll around in it?

I'll break book 1 down into three easy posts, but first let's begin with a quick and dirty run-down of data...

Characters: 

• Christian Grey :  Mid-to-late 20s and self-made gazillionaire.  Devastatingly handsome.  Dark, luxurious hair that apparently requires a lot of ‘raking’.  As the 4-year old child of a crack whore, he was abused by mom's pimp and then left for days with her dead body.   Christian has some emotional baggage and a sexual dark side.
• Anastasia Steele (Ana):  Early 20s (21 or 22?), just graduating from college.  Bland, at first, but proves to be alluring.  Shy but sassy.  She blushes a lot.
• The Others:  Don't pretend you give a rat's ass about character development.   

Basic Story Line:

Essentially, these books are erotica with a more developed plot than your typical erotica genre.  Christian Grey is a control freak who knows what he wants and always gets it.  Ana is unassuming and quiet.  She's one of those quiet-types that blows people's minds when they drop the f-bomb.  Christian Grey can't figure out what it is about this plain-Jane that rocks his socks, but he suspects it has something to do with that hidden f-bomb.  In other news, Ana is a virgin and Christian is a sexy sexual deviant.  

Buckle up, bitches, cuz we’re goin’ in… and so is Christian. 

-B (Sting)