“Fifty Shades of Grey” non-spoilers review. Spoilers review on goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4540138793
Story: 1.0 ★
This book is poorly written; the plot can be engaging at times, but it is too repetitive to capture your attention for long. Far worse, it focuses on all the wrong parts of a relationship, such as constantly being erotic, physical appearances, and it even romanticizes abusive aspects and traits. Considering the audience for this book would be mostly teenage girls and young women, this could be a very dangerous influence for its very impressionable readers.
Pacing: 1.0 ★
The grammer is not the best, and paragraph and sentence structure is awkward, making the book not flow as it should. The story moves very slowly, and is very repetitive, thus feels too long and boring. The page number could have been cut down a lot and still have the same amount of actual content.
Characters: 1.5 ★✮
The characters are flat and boring; most of the focus is on physical appearances, therefore there’s nothing interesting about them and none of them really develop at all. The side characters are extremely one-dimensional; the most they get is psychical descriptions and, if they’re lucky, a few personality traits. Even the main characters barely have any depth. The names are also silly; Anastasia Rose Steele sounds so edgy, and Jose Rodriguez is the most stereotypical name ever.
Overall Rating: 1.0 ★
I do not recommend this book, especially not for young girls. It would give them the wrong idea about relationships, making them think toxic aspects like manipulation and emotional and physical abuse are okay. It’s honestly a boring read anyway, what with the plot going in constant circles.














