Starting with the basics, this is a book, It is paperback with 514 paper pages. It is written by E L James and it was first published by The Writer's Coffee Shop Publishing House, Australia, in 2011. This edition is publish by First Vintage Books in April 2012, copyright 2011 by Fifty Shades Ltd.

As stated in the book, This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the authors imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely incidental.


The overview is as follows :

When literature student Anastasia Steele goes to interview young entrepreneur Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and intimidating. The unworldly, innocent Ana is startled to realize she wants this man and, despite his enigmatic reserve, finds she is desperate to get close to him. Unable to resist Ana's quiet beauty, wit, and independent spirit, Grey admits he wants her, too-but on his own terms.

Shocked yet thrilled by Grey's singular erotic tastes, Ana hesitates. For all the trappings of success-his multinational businesses, his vast wealth, his loving family-Grey is a man tormented by demons and consumed by the need to control. When the couple embarks on a daring, passionately physical affair, Ana discovers Christian Grey's secrets and explores her own dark desires.

Erotic, amusing, and deeply moving, the Fifty Shades Trilogy is a tale that will obsess you, possess you, and stay with you forever.

Now, with all that being said, I must say. Book one was simply screaming 'abuse', I am not all that familiar with the BDSM community or the inner workings, but I do know abuse, from my own life, and I can say that this wasn't just verging on the line, but it was way over it.

I'm not going to give away any details of the book, but I would say it is more for someone who has no knowledge of either and just wants to read an erotic story. If an erotic story is all you are looking for, than this book will be great for you. Although, if you are part of the BDSM community, or a past or present victim of and kind of abuse, this book will more than likely piss you off or frustrate you in so many different ways. I just finished this book and though it did have me involved and reading, i spent most of my time shaking my head and thinking, 'are you fucking serious?'

I have read the first book and was very upset of the poor representation of BDSM and the glorified abuse going on in the story, but it kept me reading, though it did not have any effect on my 'Inner Goddess', other than maybe making her rage. The sex scenes were somewhat amusing, other than the obvious abuse, but they were too quick to really turn me on. I will be moving on to the 2nd and 3rd books, but more than likely only because I am a book buff and once I start a series, I have to finish it, and for my review purposes.

Usually when I buy a book I read it a couple times, sometimes more if it is great. But I always like to give it a second look, just to see if things make more sense after you know the whole story. With this series, I haven't even had the urge to dive into it again. It was fine to read it to see what all the hype was about. But that was as far as it went for me.