• Fifty Shades Darker

  • Book Two of the Fifty Shades Trilogy
  • By: E. L. James
  • Narrated by: Becca Battoe
  • Length: 19 hrs and 49 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (26,603 ratings)

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Fifty Shades Darker

By: E. L. James
Narrated by: Becca Battoe
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Publisher's summary

MORE THAN 150 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE

Look for E L James’s passionate new love story, The Mister, available now.

Daunted by the singular tastes and dark secrets of the beautiful, tormented young entrepreneur Christian Grey, Anastasia Steele has broken off their relationship to start a new career with a Seattle publishing house.

But desire for Christian still dominates her every waking thought, and when he proposes a new arrangement, Anastasia cannot resist. They rekindle their searing sensual affair, and Anastasia learns more about the harrowing past of her damaged, driven and demanding Fifty Shades.

While Christian wrestles with his inner demons, Anastasia must confront the anger and envy of the women who came before her, and make the most important decision of her life.

This book is intended for mature audiences.

©2011 E L James (P)2012 Random House

Critic reviews

"In a class by itself." ( Entertainment Weekly)

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great follow up to book 1

watching Christian and Ana continue to grow individually and as a couple is sometimes an AAAWWWW moment, sometimes a laughing moment, sometimes a get your tissue moment and finally sometime you just want to give Christian a Gibbs slap to knock some sense into him. I couldn't help but love these characters.

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Excellent descriptive story!

The words make you visualize every detail happening. I couldn't stop till I finished this amazing book.

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Easy story, but Frustratingly Awful Narration

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

I would recommend the actual book. The story is a fun read, but I found myself getting frustrated with the whiny and shallow characters that the narrator portrayed. Don't get the audio book!!

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Entertaining Book. Terrible Performance.

Would you consider the audio edition of Fifty Shades Darker to be better than the print version?

No. It definitely COULD have been if performed by someone else.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Becca Battoe?

Anyone! She way overacted.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes.

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Get the Book Instead

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I love this book, but the voice of the narrator is terrible!!! Her impression of male voice is super irritating and makes me want to stop listening to it. Our Cristian cannot sound the way she "sounds him out" UGGGGH!

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It's been a great listen

only thing, the way the narrator reads the emails is annoying and redundant...wish she found a different way to do so.

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Breathless

this story is so much better than the first. so much intrigue and drama and wow!

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it was ok. narattor kind if threw me off with her

narrator was ok. i didnt care for the saying baby part. i don't think that i would read trilogy 3.

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So glad I suffered through the first one..

Would you listen to Fifty Shades Darker again? Why?

Yes. It was a good book and I truly enjoyed it. EL James still repeats herself a lot but not as bad.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Taylor. I think he's happy.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes.

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Subpar Struggle

Would you listen to Fifty Shades Darker again? Why?

No, it was a struggle getting through the first time. The narrator made the listen very hard. She was dull and it made it hard to bring the story to life. Her voices for the male characters were ridiculous.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Fifty Shades Darker?

Christian's birthday dinner.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Definitley not. With the narration I had to take it a few hours a day.

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