Fifty Shades of Grey
Book One of the Fifty Shades Trilogy
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Fifty Shades of Grey
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Narrated by:
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Becca Battoe
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By:
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E. L. James
About this listen
Brought to you by Penguin.
More than 100 million copies sold worldwide.
When literature student Anastasia Steele interviews successful entrepreneur Christian Grey, she finds him very attractive and deeply intimidating. Convinced that their meeting went badly, she tries to put him out of her mind – until he turns up at the store where she works part-time and invites her out.
Unworldly and innocent, Ana is shocked to find she wants this man. And, when he warns her to keep her distance, it only makes her want him more.
As they embark on a passionate love affair, Ana discovers more about her own desires, as well as the dark secrets Christian keeps hidden away from public view....
Please note: This audiobook contains graphic adult content.
©2012 E L James (P)2012 Random House AudiobooksListeners also enjoyed...
Editor reviews
The Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy series written by E. L. James spent a record 50 weeks on the international best-sellers lists and is now a major Universal Pictures film starring Dakota Johnson. This unabridged audiobook flits between erotica and romance and has been enticingly narrated by American actress Becca Battoe. These books were a phenomenon that swept over the world in a colossal tidal wave, leaving millions of fanatical women breathless, flushed and addicted beyond measure. It is a heart-pounding, compulsively good listen not to be missed. Available now from Audible.
Critic reviews
"In a class by itself." (Entertainment Weekly)
"Fifty Shades of Grey...is now a mainstream publishing sensation." (Guardian)
"Revolutionised the genre of erotic fiction." (Observer)
Anyway, forgetting all the rumpy pumpy, I found this quite sad, in that Christian is obviously struggling from a horrible start in life, and has closed himself off to others as a result. Will be getting the next two when my credits arrive.
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“Oh my” I murmured, I flush and my breath hitches!
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Narrator
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Now at a bit of a loss as to the next super easy book to listen to a few years down the line, I found myself thinking: how can I possibly form an opinion of these if I haven't read them myself? Dazed night-shift curiosity got the better of me and I downloaded it.
At first I literally sighed and rolled my eyes at the cheesey American accent and the bluntness of the writing. I thought I can at least give it the decency to get through the first chapter.
Which I did, and found myself excited to listen to the next. And the next. And the next. Now I've finished, I couldn't download the next book in the series sooner. The plot developed and thickened and got me wanting more. The erotic sections were just as they needed to be - a bit of fun every now and then but I always kept thinking: at least this has got a good plot I can follow. At the end, I even found myself bubbling with a bit of emotion thinking: no! It can't finish like this! On top of that, I finished this book in about a week - quite a feat for me!
Once you wade through the painstaking acceptance of Battoe's attempt at male voices (it sounds like a young child making fun of their male elders) and British accent (I laughed every time she tried, but try she did! Thank god it was only one chapter), I found her voice actually fitted Ana's quite well. And since the book is almost one big monologue, I appreciated it by the end.
Needless to say the book surprised me and I surprised myself by actually enjoying it - a lot. The second film is due to come out any time now, and maybe I'll go see it in a new light - that the casting isn't as awful as I first thought but those all important scenes leave a lot to be desired! Very excited to start the second book and see which path it takes.
Extremely surprising
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I really hope the story line picks up in the next book.
A bit boring
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Would you listen to Fifty Shades of Grey again? Why?
yesWhat does Becca Battoe bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
yesWas this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
I really enjoyed listening to the storyAny additional comments?
I love this book I really enjoy it and bought book 2 this book makes you want more would recommend to a friendLOVE IT
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A much better read in print.
Loved the books but the audio was a let down
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outstanding book
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I personally really liked this book although I must admit that the narration was not great. The girl was making annoying man's voice and certain phrases were just a bit annoying, but apart from that, I loved the book. One reader described as porno on audio, well, if you do not enjoy a bit of adult romance and like more fairy tail romance, then this book might be a bit of a shock, but I would recommend to try it.
Loved this book
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Enjoyed the book, did have to skip a bit of the expicit scenes, even for me were a little too expicit. I would have prefered some of it to be left to the readers imagination.
Fifty Shades of Grey: Book One of the Fifty Shades
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