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

Now I get it.. why the lusterfree reviews

Is there anything you would change about this book?

The narrator for the audible book SUXS. She sounds like a girl doing a 'guy' voice, no smooth transition so as you can imagine she deflates the sexy scenes. I would have preferred someone better or a guy voicing that character which I know doesn't happen often for audible books but I definitely have heard better. Also the multiple references to Twilight was a bit annoying and made me wonder if she even realizes she's doing it. Grant it I LOVE Twilight I don't need to see it in the 50 shades book.

What could E. L. James have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

If you read that the author was enamored by the Twilight series and were expecting a book with similar pull she missed the mark, at least for me. Her writing style does not flow smoothly like Stephanie Meyer's but in her defense neither does 90% of the authors out there. For me the writing was a bit flat with no real plot kinda like a porn movie. "Blah blah blah blah" and we move onto another sex scene. Seasonings are meant to bring out the flavor in the food. Good food doesn't need to be overwhelmed with seasoning and when they are it's because the food isn't that great to begin with. That's how I feel about this story and the sex scenes. The story line is just something you read between sex scenes. For the next book I've decided to read it instead to see if it helps with the book's flow. Likewise we talked about this books with a couple girlfriends at happy hour and they had similar feelings. The 'love story' is a bit blah and sex scenes (at least in the 1st book) unless you've got a chastity belt on for several years are pretty typical for a couple - minus the room of pain. If all the moms and 40 yr+ out there are devouring this book because of those scenes makes me a bit sad for them because they are missing out.

How could the performance have been better?

The narrator for the audible book SUXS. She sounds like a girl doing a 'guy' voice, no smooth transition so as you can imagine she deflates the sexy scenes. I would have preferred someone better or a guy voicing that character which I know doesn't happen often for audible books but I definitely have heard better.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

Definitely if Ian Somerhalder is in it :)

Any additional comments?

Debating on whether I should tackle the other 2 books :/

Loved it

I didn't think I'd like a book on tape as much as I do. It was amazingly read along with an addictive story line

Love the Story, HATE the narration.

What did you like best about Fifty Shades of Grey? What did you like least?

The story was great! A must read.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Christian, he is so deep

Would you be willing to try another one of Becca Battoe’s performances?

NO

Was Fifty Shades of Grey worth the listening time?

I would have rather read the book

Any additional comments?

I was so excited when I heard the audio was remastered, however, I was soon VERY disappointed. The narration is dull, unemotional, horrible! I really wish they would have gotten someone much better to narrate this story. I wish I had the time to read the physical book. I'm sure it would have been much better.

Looking forward to the next two<br />

I liked it a lot.. The narrator perfect.. she was completely suited for the it..
and I'm going to read the whole trilogy.

I loved the book

I loved the book and the narration was perfect! I would highly recommend listening to this book, it was amazing..!

Felt every emotion know to woman in love

Loved the book! You get to hear both sides of a woman's subconscious and see how insecure and vulnerable we really are.

Didn't want to quit listen!

The narrator was really good. The way she made each person have their own sound!

Surprised

I was actually very surprised at how much I liked this book! I was expecting to be grossed out because of how explicit I've heard it was but it really wasn't like that at all. I'm really looking forward to seeing how the story turns out in the second book. pleasantly surprised!

Excellent!

Loved it. Becca Battoe really brought the characters to life giving each of them their own individuality.

50 Shades of Awsome

What made the experience of listening to Fifty Shades of Grey the most enjoyable?

This is such a great hot read, with a great love story, and hot sex...if anyone likes a good erotica audio book, with a touch of Grey in the bedroom, then this book is for you..Becca did an excellent job of narrating . I loved all the character voices, she did, which always makes a story so great. And 50 Shades is a great story..There so much more then a sex, and bdsm involved., that just makes it a Hot and naughty read. .all your emotions will surface with this book.

What does Becca Battoe bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

There could not be a better person narrating this story. It would not work. Becca was great
Unless , you added a males voice like in some books I have listened too..those are great

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

I loved it when Christian, went to Anastasia s work ( hardware store ) to buy things he would need, and she had no idea...He really wanted.to see her, and of coarse he is fighting it along.the way.

Any additional comments?

Everyone should read or listen to 50 Shades at least once....You will never forget Christian and Anastasia..wish his side would be published...