Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James

7 reviews

cady_sass's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

Seemed like the right time to finally give this a shot, was not disappointed. I am slightly baffled as to what made this one particular erotic novel become the absolute pop culture phenomenon that it did, but I have no complaints 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

annaofjesup's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Cursing

Minor: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Abandonment, Fatphobia, and Vomit

samsonian's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.0

this book sucked. the prose was awful. spicy scenes poorly written. FMC was just cringe and generally the love interest was an asshole the entire book. 1 star bc it was mildly entertaining and i was dared to read it for shits and gigs

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Torture

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Sexual assault and Vomit

jayricart's review against another edition

dark emotional funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.75

This book is nothing more than another poorly written sexual romp. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Child abuse, Rape, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Violence

planetshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Initial thoughts: This is the only book I’ve ever listened to in 3x speed because it’s the only book I was fine with only halfway comprehending. It was in Libby’s “Available Now” section, so I borrowed it. And no, I am not sure why I did it.

Reflection: But as it turns out, I feel that I have gained something by reading this series. I actually ended up listening to the audiobooks twice. The relationship is undoubtedly complicated, and so are many real ones, so it was interesting to analyze its evolution.

I ended up adding a half-star to my previous 2.5 after my second read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Alcohol, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Cursing, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Child abuse and Stalking

Minor: Addiction, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

i_dont_knoe's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, Torture, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Pedophilia

crystalmd1998's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

This is the worst book I have ever read. Christian is a toxic manipulative person and Anastasia isn’t a good person either.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Stalking

Minor: Addiction, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Drug use