• 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
  • 3.9 out of 5 stars (37,773 ratings)

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Fifty Shades of Grey

By: E. L. James
Narrated by: Becca Battoe
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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

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AMAZING

It was amazing im obsessed and already bought the second book the narrator was awesome and this book exceeded my expectations!

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Great listening

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

great listening. hard to put down. loved this modern day swashbuckler with alot of steam. loved it.

What about Becca Battoe’s performance did you like?

great characters. good role play.

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LOVED the book but they picked the WRONG person to read it. Nothing against the person herself but she was just terrible. I wish they would have somebody else reread it

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Loved the story and Becca Battoe's performance

What did you love best about Fifty Shades of Grey?

The story line and the descriptions of the characters and their lives was very well done.

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

Without her inflections of the characters voices the book would not have been easy to read. I read several reviews from listeners who did not like her performance. I never felt that way, she did a wonderful job.

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

I tried to listen to it in one sitting but of course it's length makes that impossible. Fortunately I listened to it while on a long trip across country and it made the trip much easer to take.

Any additional comments?

After listening to the first book I could not help but download book 2 to continue the story.

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Good Book, Bad Narrator

This story kept me hooked until the end. I really don't like the narrator though. The male voices were terrible. I would have liked a different narrator.

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I love it!!!

The narrator is perfect. ...
I loved the story telling.
Great performance in general.....
Awesome..I can't wait to listen
part II.

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Wonderful!

This was a very spirited and controlled write. Very exciting, intense, and just a bit mystical. This story line kept my interest and can't wait to hear the next book in the series.

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It's not THAT bad...

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

Maybe

What did you like best about this story?

Hmmmmm...

What didn’t you like about Becca Battoe’s performance?

It just didn't seem to fit the story

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

No

Any additional comments?

While I don't think it was quite as bad as some of the previous reviewers claimed, it will certainly not make my favorites list. It did not live up to the hype in my opinion. And perhaps that is the issue for most. The expectations are simply too high.

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Oh My I Clambered

Tell Becca Battoe to try another career and also that the 'B' in clamber is silent!!!!!

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loved it!

loved it! couldn't stop listening! definitely recommend the whole trilogy to anyone who needs a good book to listen to.

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