Review: The Fifty Shades Trilogy

So I've read all the books in the Fifty Shades Trilogy and they were absolutely terrible. Let's go beyond her horrible grammar and the occasional spelling errors. The character development was sub par and the sex scenes weren't arousing in the least.

The way the author handles the BDSM parts of the story sucks because of the implication that you had to be broken to choose this type of lifestyle which is rubbish really.

Its impossible not to think of twilight while reading this books since the only real differences between the two is the lack of supernatural creatures and Mormon values.

Ana is Bella with a slightly better personality, but still a door mat prone to doing anything her man wants or at least that's what the author would like you to think. In reality she's no better than a petulant child wilfully ignoring rules that will keep her safe and constantly breaking her word because she feels *suffocated*

On the other hand you have Chris who's broken because of a terrible childhood and was saved by someone introducing him to the BDSM lifestyle. He's actually the true door mat in the relationship and I felt rather sorry for him.

Did I mention he was filthy rich? He was adopted by an extremely wealthy, loving family and I have a hard time believing such people couldn't get him the help he needed because quite frankly the only difference between the approaches taken by his family and his wife was that the latter was fucking him.

Their relationship together is nothing short of a joke. The do eventually get married within a month or two after meeting but they obviously don't trust each other. They can't communicate for beans. I simply don't understand how these books managed to make the best seller list and stay there for so long.

I've seen much better stories on literotica.com and even fanfiction.net which was apparently where this story originated.