Fifty Shades of Grey

Book One of the Fifty Shades Trilogy

By: E. L. James

Narrated by: Becca Battoe

Length: 19 hrs and 48 mins

Publisher's summary

More than 150 million copies sold worldwide.

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.

This audiobook is intended for mature audiences.

Look for E L James’ passionate new love story, The Mister, coming April 16, 2019.

©2011 E L James (P)2012 Random House

Critic reviews

• Finalist, GoodReads Choice Awards, Best Romance

Incredible

I loved it , but did not expect it to end the way it did am anxious to start book 2.

Bee

Love it , it was a great read would love to purchase the book soon

llove the way he loves <br /><br />

l can't get enough of christianl very sexy love I love the way he says baby

great story

loved it. can't wait til next book. would recommend to friends. sad endung but great book.

Loved the books, hate the audio version

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I would recommend the written version of this to a friend. I decided to try listening to the book since I enjoy listening to books I've read before. Listening to a book I enjoyed reading usually gives me another way to enjoy the book. However, the person doing the reading of Fifty Shades, Becca Battoe, is terrible. I don't know if I'm going to be able to finish listening to this book or not. She makes Anastasia sound like a bitchy, whiney child. Did she even read the books before she did the reading? Do the people that read these books consult with the authors or read for the authors before being chosen? This reading is awful.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Her reading of the book is awful. I don't know if I'll be able to listen to the whole thing.

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

No. I just finished re-reading the series and thought I would give listening a try.

Wonderfully surprising!

The book was wonderful, but the narrator was perfect! She makes it worth listening to!

Better story when read

I read this story first on my iPad and then again with the actual book and now the audio book.

I had a firm understanding on who the characters where, what they looked like and how they sounded. The narrator made different choices than I did and unfortunately it diminished my enjoyment of this story the third time around.

Biggest pet peeve is the narrator not keeping a consistent voice for Christian. Sometimes he had a stuffy accent and other times he sounded closer to how I would have pictured him. I felt she lacked the level of torment needed to portray a character such as Christian. I do feel that she did well with Ana. Really gave her the innocent naive sound that she needed but I guess it is challenging to get them both right since they are both so different.

Great book

Any additional comments?

This a great book and you won't want to turn it off. I find myself listening for a quick listen if I only have 5 minutes. The narration leaves something to be desired.
I procasitnated on listening to this book because of such harsh reviews on the narration.
However when I purchased I relized it is bad but not unbarable.
The book is written with a young audlt in mind so she sounds age appropriate.
When the narrator does the male voices it leaves something to be desired.
There could be more emotion through out the whole book on the narrators part.
I was expecting worse on the narration but it is bare able and the context of the book makes up for the rest.

Loved the book!

I couldn't stop listening! Laughter, tears, the intense feelings inside me listening to this book. The words are so descriptive, it was like watching a movie in my head.

Ok

The narrator was ok. I felt really annoyed with her Christian voice but everything else was good. I hated all the email reading and there was ALOT of sex. It really didn't need so much. But it was well written and I want to read the next one.