Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James
Fifty Shades Darker by EL James, is the second book in the Fifty Shades series. This book is an erotica romance that touches on the BDSM lifestyle. I finished this book in August of 2014, so I apologize if this review seems not that great.
Fifty Shades Darker picks up where Fifty Shades of Grey left off when Anastasia Steele leaves Christian Grey. But the two lovers can't avoid each other and end up back with a each other. Wanting a career, Anastasia feels daunted by Christian's need to control everything in her life. But she feels frustrated with the secrets that he's keeping from her.
So I have to be honest, I didn't like this book, nor the first one. I don't have an issue with the BDSM lifestyle that the author has wrote about, but I do have issue with her lack of development that she seems to have with the characters. This book opened up a lot of issues that never seemed to get resolved or have a conclusion to. I felt that the characters were so polar opposites that I couldn't relate them. Ana is a weak person that doesn't have a back bone, and Christian is a manipulative dominate. I felt that Christian's disregard of Ana's opinion on things was a huge turn off. One thing that irritated me in the first book and it followed through to this book, and that was the constant mention of Ana's inner goddess. I seriously wanted that inner goddess to get hit by a bus or something. There were a lot of issues with this book, but one of the major ones for me have been was Christian's relationship with Elena (who was commonly referred as Mrs. Robinson), their relationship turned intimate and was a BDSM relationship right from the beginning when Christian was 15 and Elena was much older. Ana is clearly uncomfortable with this but Christian disregards her voice on this matter. This was something that could have been discussed and it just never happened. And in the end, Ana can't live without Christian so she says yes to marriage even though they've known each other for a short amount of time and they have a ton of issues. I have to be honest, if Christian wasn't rich or good looking, any normal girl would probably run the other way.
In the end, I didn't like this book. If it had stayed as a fan fiction that I could have read for free, I would probably enjoy it. But it is mediocre at best. It really didn't deserve the hype and I think it gave a false image to the BDSM culture. If you're interested in reading books like that, and that are done properly, I suggest reading something by Jaid Black. She knows what she's writing about. I personally feel that I'm being too generous with a 2 out of 5 stars rating, but I think I gave it an extra star because of it's origin. I've read a lot of fan fiction over the years, some have been horrible, some decent, and others spectacular! I have to honestly say that this one would have been in between decent and spectacular, but as a novel, and a series, I just don't get the hype. I really don't.
Fifty Shades Darker picks up where Fifty Shades of Grey left off when Anastasia Steele leaves Christian Grey. But the two lovers can't avoid each other and end up back with a each other. Wanting a career, Anastasia feels daunted by Christian's need to control everything in her life. But she feels frustrated with the secrets that he's keeping from her.
So I have to be honest, I didn't like this book, nor the first one. I don't have an issue with the BDSM lifestyle that the author has wrote about, but I do have issue with her lack of development that she seems to have with the characters. This book opened up a lot of issues that never seemed to get resolved or have a conclusion to. I felt that the characters were so polar opposites that I couldn't relate them. Ana is a weak person that doesn't have a back bone, and Christian is a manipulative dominate. I felt that Christian's disregard of Ana's opinion on things was a huge turn off. One thing that irritated me in the first book and it followed through to this book, and that was the constant mention of Ana's inner goddess. I seriously wanted that inner goddess to get hit by a bus or something. There were a lot of issues with this book, but one of the major ones for me have been was Christian's relationship with Elena (who was commonly referred as Mrs. Robinson), their relationship turned intimate and was a BDSM relationship right from the beginning when Christian was 15 and Elena was much older. Ana is clearly uncomfortable with this but Christian disregards her voice on this matter. This was something that could have been discussed and it just never happened. And in the end, Ana can't live without Christian so she says yes to marriage even though they've known each other for a short amount of time and they have a ton of issues. I have to be honest, if Christian wasn't rich or good looking, any normal girl would probably run the other way.
In the end, I didn't like this book. If it had stayed as a fan fiction that I could have read for free, I would probably enjoy it. But it is mediocre at best. It really didn't deserve the hype and I think it gave a false image to the BDSM culture. If you're interested in reading books like that, and that are done properly, I suggest reading something by Jaid Black. She knows what she's writing about. I personally feel that I'm being too generous with a 2 out of 5 stars rating, but I think I gave it an extra star because of it's origin. I've read a lot of fan fiction over the years, some have been horrible, some decent, and others spectacular! I have to honestly say that this one would have been in between decent and spectacular, but as a novel, and a series, I just don't get the hype. I really don't.
Rating:
2 out of 5 stars
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