A review by nglofile
Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
1.0
Though I was asked to read this for work, I tried to approach it with an open mind. We serve readers of many different tastes, and there is no escaping the hype nor the demand. Accordingly, I tried to set aside everything I had previously read and give it a fair assessment.
The writing is simply abysmal. It is laugh-out-loud, distractingly ridiculous. Entertainment Weekly ran a column with the funniest, least sexy lines, and the editors must have had difficulty narrowing the list. I can understand why readers would be curious, and I might even understand some of the appeal of the character tropes, but the entire phenomena depresses me. Yes, it is truly that bad.
pre-emptive audiobook note: I also listened to a 9-minute clip of the upcoming audio edition, and it fails even more spectacularly. The narrator is disturbingly child-like in her reading, and she has absolutely no ability to voice men.
The writing is simply abysmal. It is laugh-out-loud, distractingly ridiculous. Entertainment Weekly ran a column with the funniest, least sexy lines, and the editors must have had difficulty narrowing the list. I can understand why readers would be curious, and I might even understand some of the appeal of the character tropes, but the entire phenomena depresses me. Yes, it is truly that bad.
pre-emptive audiobook note: I also listened to a 9-minute clip of the upcoming audio edition, and it fails even more spectacularly. The narrator is disturbingly child-like in her reading, and she has absolutely no ability to voice men.