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

fine!

unexpected but ligical e ding. loved the story!
narrator was really great! ××× ××× ××× xxx

Use Your Imagination

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

I enjoyed the story - the narrator - not so much. Sometimes, it is just better to use your imagination.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Christian was my favorite character. As Ana would say - "He's hot!"

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

Becca's interpretation of Christian's voice didn't "jive" with my image of him. I actually purchased the subsequent two books of the trilogy on Kindle. Liked the story, but was put off by Christian's "voice."

Could you see Fifty Shades of Grey being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

No. I don't think it would make a good movie.

Great for the story, not the performance

I've been a fan of the book/series since it came out, so I already knew the story. My problem with the performance is that this particular story contains a LOT of dialogue (spoken and "digital") from the male protagonist view, and there's a female voicing it. I understand that it would raise the price dramatically if you have to pay TWO people to read, but at the end of the day, it partially ruins it when there's a feminine voice (no matter which way you slice it, it's very hard for a woman to just make their voice lower to make it sound like a man's voice) playing a man in a sexual role. I still know and love the story, so it's not a deal-breaker for me. But I feel like if I were exploring this story for the first time, I wouldn't be happy listening to a woman voice Christian Grey.

Amazing

The book was amazing ...... I couldn’t stop listening
I Can’t wait to listen to the other two books

terrible narration

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

I had to download this book to my nook because i could not abide the voice of the narration. Apparently the author has no input in this matter. It is a wonderful, compelling novel, but you could not tell by listening to what sounded like a teenager reading badly. What a shame.

Who was your favorite character and why?

quit listening before I could discover this

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

Anyone

Eh.

I enjoyed how the book was narrated.
After all these years I don’t let my Curiosity get the best of me and I had to read the book everyone talks about. Don’t get me wrong I did enjoy it. It just wasn’t worth all the hype in my opinion.

Amusing story of a cultist

Want a page turner? A story so riveting that you don't want to pause listening? Amazing narrator that captures your attention with every word? Then this book isn't for you.

However if you want to make fun of a badly written story of a billionaire sex cultist posing as a dominant for BDSM, then buy with a credit.

definitely a better book than movie

I read these years ago before the movies were even a thing and I actually just watched the movies a few days ago and had to re read the series to see if I remembered correctly how great the books were. while the movies are ok the books are amazing and to me it's more of a love story where the movie is more porn lol definitely an adult book but well worth a read. even a 50 shades of f***ed up he still knows how to treat a woman properly.

amazing

the book is so much better would love more books like this I don't look at the movie the same

Understandable

it is clear why there is so much controversy about this book, however it was definitely enjoyable to read and I'm going to hold my opinions to myself until I've red the rest of the trilogy. So far I don't completely hate it.