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Loading... Fifty Shades Darker (2011)by E L JamesRomance Well, my feelings about book nr. 1 are not completely unequivocal. I thought the first half was somewhat cheap, filled with platitudes. The second half I liked a lot better, with Ana developing a backbone. That's also the reason I liked book nr. 2 better than nr. 1: Ana still has her backbone. Alright, it's not the most amazing backbone in the world, but still, it's there. Because of it, the relationship becomes a lot more healthy. Overall, I'd say this book is an easy-to-read romance novel. Kinky romance, but still romance. Just as I expected. A pure fantasy. An unconditional love. This book left me without words. While reading I actually wanted to say a lot but after finishing I just lost any aspiration to do it. There is no point. Really. This is the most explicit book about unconditional love. There is nothing else to it. Not as hot as the first one, but plenty of intrigue. I'm quite worried that Christian will die in the last book...so of course I downloaded it just now and will start reading it. I'm not happy with the idea that he practices BDSM because his childhood screwed him up; that is just what all the vanilla people like to think. *sigh* Loved this author stories. She didn't fail to captivate and to keep her readers. Book one was mouth watering and filled with passion, and book two kept the pace, adding a bit of flavor to what was already good. Definitely recommend reading this book. Reading this book also gave me the confidence needed to write my steamy pieces into my own story. Una storia alquanto improbabile, assurda e del tutto inattendibile, per di più dilatata all’inverosimile in tre volumi con l’unico scopo, per me, di moltiplicare i guadagni. Personaggi inverosimili, del tutto illogici e irrazionali che risultano, alla fine, irritanti e paradossali. Una lettura talmente ridicola da sfociare nel comico e strampalato tanto da farmi continuare nella lettura solo per capire a quali vette di assurdità si possa arrivare. Nel complesso meriterebbe un n.c. (non classificabile), darò invece due stelle per le risate che mi ha strappato. I enjoyed this second book. I think it was my favorite of the three. There wasn't so much angst about whether she could be a sub for him since basically they both decided the answer was no. I liked how the therapist conveyed why it was okay for Christian to give up on that aspect with Anna. The story moved on well and lots of issues were addressed about how their relationship was going to function going forward. Still plenty of OTT romantic gestures from Christian and I felt like Anna was growing up a bit. Nice to see more of all the other characters. Although really? Everyone just loves Anna? I did see a bit of the homage to Twilight there. On the whole though I really don't see a lot of overt similarities that could not in fact be similarities to many romances on the shelves throughout the last 200 years. There are only so many types of heroes and heroines and combinations there of even with differing outside characteristics like the BDSM. I liked to see that Anna wasn't giving in on the disliking Mrs. Robinson thing. I was afraid they would all end up lovey dovey. I went into this thinking it had to be better than the first book, but boy was I wrong. It's almost as if E.L. James decided to take everything I hated about Grey and mention it five times on every page during Darker. The lip biting, the peeking up through eyelashes, the extremely unprofessional emails during work, Christian Grey's ever-changing eye color... I could list a million things. One positive thing that I can say about Darker is that James has decided to include some dramatic tension and actual events happening within the book. This time around, Ana Steele's grating narration is backed by a plot involving a crazy ex-sub of Christian Grey's who is running wild around Seattle and who may or may not be trying to harm Ana and Christian. While I appreciate James' attempts to make Darker about more than two dull people having awkward, creepy sex... It was still terrible. |
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