Great story - hard to get enough of it! I can't understand why so many people complained about the narrator - I thought she was great! I just bought the second book in this series and they changed the narrator - WEIRD! I wish they'd go back to the original.
This story was addicting... I can't wait to start the next book!

YES! Narration of the emails ! ANNOYING and wrong based on any email I've ever seen in my life! Has the author ever seen one???

OK

appropriate, young, innocent

Don't really care

I disagree with many's opinion that narrator sounded too young. She is! and innocent, voice appropriate.

First, get a better narrator. I never read the book in print. However, listening to Ana and Christian's endless emails, (including dates and times) made me want to pass out from bordom. Further, the constant bickering between Ana's subconsious and her "inner goddes" was annoying, and the writer's overly-generous use the terms "holy cow", "holy s--t", and "oh my" became predictable. I'm no prude, and have read many books with erotic components. However, with the writer's use of the same descriptions over and over again (e.g. "exquisit orgasm"), even the sex scenes became boring. I truely don't understand why this book has received so much hype.

Take a writing class

No

I would recommend reading the BOOK to a friend, but not the audio version. The narration is terrible. Wish I could get my credit back.

Different narration

No.

Probably not

I find narator's voice distracting.

A different narator, perhaps a more mature voice. Her inflections and timing is off.

I think being are being overly negative about the reader. I didn't have a problem with her. She wasn't the best but I have heard worse. I thought she did a fine job!

Yes...but, would be much better with a man speaking Christians part.

So far, Christians character. I cant wait to see how it developes and of course the submission/domination sex. Christian makes it feel okay. Kate, is the least interesting.

Umm, she sounded like a good representation of a naive 21 y/o virgin.

Yeah...the last 2 chapters of part 1. (wink,wink) ;-^) lol...

cant wait to dwnld parts.2 and 3.

Warning: Do Not Start reading /listening to this at bedtime.....you won't want to stop, then you may not make it into work the next day...Jus' sayin' yawn!!

The new narration is terrible! Why the change?!

Yes

Her voice for Grey is so awful! Hard to listen to! Her Ana voice is so not as sexy as the first!

Not really

I can't say I have even got to chapter 3! I have heard great things about this book, but this narrator is killing me! I think my 11 year old could do a better job! Did she know someone to get the job? I am going to keep listening to it only because I paid for it and I do want to hear the story....just hoping I can get through her Valley Girl talk and fake guy voices.

Let's not pretend that this is fine literature. It's a fun, smutty diversion, but it is that.

Different reader would have helped!

Battoe made the lead character sound like a vapid Valley Girl. And when she changed her voice for different characters, she was simply ridiculous -- like the local librarian who puts on a silly voice to read the part of "Mr. Toad" to local children. She makes one of the characters, who happens to have a Latino surname, sound like Speedy Gonzales.But it is her performance of the lead character that is the most egregious. Absolutely appalling. So inappropriate for the character that she takes you out of the story completely.

Somebody MUST rerecord this! And, here's an idea: why not have an actual man read the men's quotes, so that it is slightly less ridiculous?