I actually enjoyed 50 shades. Had me giggling in some parts and mad in others. I think deep down you want to try some of the things mentioned but in reality probably won't. Therefore you can do it by living through the characters set out in the book. However I didn't care to much for the second book as much as the first and the third I haven't gotten to read yet. The movie that is suppose to be coming out does not look as interesting and poor pick of actors so that is up in the air for me.

I thought this book was boring.It dragged on and on.I only read it due to word of mouth cause every one was saying how great it was but its not. I thought the book could have been written better then what it was.

I don't plan on seeing the movie at all.

J'ai bien aimé ce livre moi! J'ai embarqué complètement! L'intrigue est bonne. Ce fut une excitante lecture. À recommander pour tout le monde même s'il y a des gens qui ont moins aimé.

Ugh. [SPOILER ALERT!]. I'm always drawn to controversial reads as a gimmick, and every time I end up disappointed in the lack of controversy actually in them. I thought I was getting an all out smut book and what happened was this is actually a story about a guy who USED to be all kinky with past girls but once he meets this Ana he gives it all up. (A book about Christian Greys first 15 subs might be something now). What bedroom scenes there are become redundant. There's a lot of repetitive words and thoughts, and contradictory behaviours. They're all "in love" after about 2 weeks and must have gotten engaged in a month (ugh, really?) and then she gets pregnant b/c she doesn't understand how the birth control she chose works(2 different times!). Really? Ana is "kept' by this millionaire and then he changes for her and they live happily ever after. Read the first book and skip the other two. Was expecting to be shocked and wasn't... I mean there are millions of smutty romance novels on the market so I don't see this as standing out.

A friend got me into this series. I actually enjoyed the books. It gave you an insight into some of the things that are out there. Some parts were a little graphic for me but all in all I thought them a good read. I enjoyed the characters, they came to life in the books, I keep hearing people say that the books were not well written, but feel that to write this type of book takes a lot of courage and they were quite well done. Gave enough detail to have you wanting more, the plot while definitely on the pornographic side was interesting, I liked how they progressed to what made Christian they way he was, I am a psychology nut and this aspect of the books really appealed to me.

I probably will not see the movie, I would rather have things left to ones own imagination and I don't think they will do the books justice unless the make them into actual porn films, which I would not want to see.

This is a great book! I really loved it, and I think everyone should buy it.

Great book, a quick read, story is not that believable, but still entertaining. The quality of the writing is far from great, but this is an erotic novel so I did not expect Pulitzer material. Great book nonetheless

Amazing! Finally something for women to sink their teeth into.
This book captures your attention, makes you go to the rich fantasy life of others.
I'd say this improves your own relationship.

I purchased the series at costco and enjoyed the series. I don't normally read this type of books but all the hype peaked my curiosity. Very fast read .

Fifty Shades of Grey was a good story, essentially. Although, I found the sentences and structure of the novel very poorly constructed (as not many people know it began as a Fan fiction of Twilight). I enjoyed the series and would probably be interested in reading something similar. My main issue was the spelling and grammatical errors I had in my copies of the books. I did purchase them as e-books but that should be no excuse to have errors. I don't remember how much I paid for these books but I believe it was around 11.99 each, which I believe was more than the paperback copy back in March.