Fifty Shades Trilogy: Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker, Fifty Shades Freed 3-volume Boxed Set

by E L James

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | June 12, 2012 | Trade Paperback

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Now available as a three-volume paperback boxed set, E L James's New York Times #1 bestselling trilogy has been hailed by Entertainment Weekly as being "in a class by itself." Beginning with the GoodReads Choice Award Romance Finalist Fifty Shades of Grey, the Fifty Shades Trilogy will obsess you, possess you, and stay with you forever.
 
This boxed set includes the following novels:
 
FIFTY SHADES OF GREY: When college student Anastasia Steele goes to interview young entrepreneur Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and intimidating.  The unworldly Ana realizes she wants this man, and Grey admits he wants her, too-but on his own terms. When the couple embarks on a daring, passionately physical affair, Ana discovers Christian's secrets and explores her own desires.
 
FIFTY SHADES DARKER: Daunted by Christian's dark secrets and singular tastes, Ana has broken off their relationship to start a new career. But desire for Christian still dominates her every waking thought. They rekindle their searing sensual affair, and while Christian wrestles with his inner demons, Ana is forced to make the most important decision of her life.
 
FIFTY SHADES FREED: Now, Ana and Christian have it all-love, passion, intimacy, wealth, and a world of possibilities for their future. But Ana knows that loving her Fifty Shades will not be easy, and that being together will pose challenges that neither of them would anticipate. Just when it seems that their strength together will eclipse any obstacle, misfortune, malice, and fate conspire to turn Ana's deepest fears into reality.

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    I don't get the hype
    by heartz
    4 weeks ago

    While I was pleasantly surprised with the book, I wouldn't say it was good or anything even close. The hopeless romantic in me got sucked into the love story and kept reading simply to see them with their happy ending. The writing wasn't very good at all, everything seemed too over-the-top and the books were waaaaaay longer than they needed to be. The author kept going off on these detours with useless information that added absolutely nothing to the real story. Despite the sex and Dom/Sub relationship (which wasn't even that interesting and at times angering), I found Christian Grey's character intriguing and I really wanted to know more about him and what made him that way. My heart went out to him and I became his (and Anastasia's) cheerleader - wanting their messed up relationship to work and have some resemblance to a normal relationship! It was an easy enough read, and really wasn't all that bad, but it definitely wasn't amazing!

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    Great Read
    by Charmaine Carrier
    2 months ago

    I had heard all the hype around the first 50 Shades book and finally decided to read the series. I loved the story and the juicy details but I found the writing style to be a bit...amateur. Don't get me wrong, this is an amazing series and if you are looking for an easy read I would definitely start with this series. I just found that the book didn't challenge my reading ability and it seemed too simple and straight forward, which is great if that's what you are looking for. Overall it was a great read, I just wish the supporting characters had been a little more developed, it would have made for a more intense story.

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    Amazing
    by Nancy Wyke
    3 months ago

    This book brought back the love of reading I had lost long ago. I'm glad I bought the trilogy because once one book was done I was ready to jump into the next. People think the books are just about sex but the love story is incredibly powerful. A MUST READ!!

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    Waste of time
    by SLR
    4 months ago

    What can I say that hasn't already been said? It is a poorly written series, so bad that I couldn't even get through the first book, let alone even open the sequels. Leave this one on the shelves and spend your money on something better.

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    Awesome Trilogy
    by DarkDefender
    5 months ago

    I'll start off by saying that I'm a hetero male who normally only likes murder mysteries. A female friend, not my girlfriend, wouldn't shut up about the book, and so I decided to give Fifty Shades a shot. Though the erotic segments had a lot of details I really didn't need, I could not put the books down. I didn't want to finish Fifty Shades Freed as there is no more to read after that. I had intended to start another series of books as soon as I finished it, and instead found myself reading Fifty Shades again. Though I've read multiple books more than once, I've never immediately read a book a second time, not even when I read Dexter.

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    Laura Yurich

    I have only started to read Fifty Shades of Grey yes it is a page turner but it is on the same lines as twilight was for many people either u love it or hate it some people it is going to be lost by it because of the way it is witten but if u are into books about romance and sex this is for u

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    Fifty Shades of Crap!!!
    by Julie Cantin
    5 months ago

    Complete waste of time! Very repetitive, lack of good language use. Main character is supposed to be a university litterature graduate and can barely use speech a 5 year old would be able to. Always the same things over and over again. Boring... If only the author could write this could have been a great book. Could also have used more in terms of backbone to the storyline. Could not finish the first book, I was becoming suicidal for even starting to read it.

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    WORST TRILOGY EVER
    by lefferpaw
    5 months ago

    All of the comments and reviews bashing this set of books are absolutely correct. These books are poorly written trash! They really deserve a zero rating. Don't waste your time or your money!

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    Colour me Fifty Shades of WTF?
    by Lokki
    • Top Book Reviewer
    6 months ago

    Okay, so I've totally blown the old promise to start writing reviews again, but I just couldn't keep my mouth shut about Fifty Shades of Grey.....what is the big F'ing deal about these books? Obviously, the hype was started by someone who: A. Never saw the movie Pretty Woman (where Ana was a hooker, and Christian was a much older meglomaniac) and B. Never read erotic fiction before so got all a titter about the sex. Don't get me wrong, these books are entertaining.....fluff? Actually the word that really comes to mind is DRIVEL (and I was serious about the Pretty Woman comment. I can't believe that there isn't already news of a lawsuit...). I think Christian seriously needs a slap to the head, only he would probably enjoy it too much. The only reason he gets away with his over the top insecurities and bi(or maybe tri?)-polar tendencies is because he's rich. And don't get me started about Ana! OMG....wake up and smell the weak twinnings tea you idiot. Do you really want to live your life walking on eggshells? Mercurial gets old fast. Just like these books. Do yourself a favour and borrow these from a friend who already got suckered by the hype.

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    Roger Whissel

    That's calling it as you see it. Great and honest review.

    Lokki

    thanks Rog....a repost from before, but still feeling the need to get the word out there to counteract the hype so I decided to actually post it as a review. There are so many better writers of erotica out there.

    Roger Whissel

    I figured since it was the box set you were entitled to a to a re-post...lol...Good luck with the hard core shaders.

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    Borrow, Don't Buy
    by Quality Time
    7 months ago

    That way you won't feel guilty that you wasted your money. Poorly written with a tendency to repeat favorite words & phrases. There should be many of these books gathering dust in your neighbor's homes. If you want to read an "unread" book, borrow the second or third book of the trilogy, it probably wasn't opened!

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    Save your money , hopefully the movie will be better
    by Joana Nunes
    7 months ago

    I got this book d/t all the hype and i am thankful i was able to sell it. All three books were poorly written, and i found that i was skimming thru it, as nothing was pulling me in to read it. Even the "exotic" parts we very tame, and since it was so poorly written it was like watching those porns when the pizza guy arrives and the girl has no money. I kept hoping that the next book would be better but it wasn't. Besides the exotic aspect, the remainder of the books were very predictable.

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    Heather MacInnis

    Painful to read. My book club opted to read all 3 books. Dear God, I wanted to stick a sharp object into my eye, because this such a non-readable book that I could only pray that a vehicle would swerve into the path of the car that my co-worker was driving, and because he is a wonderful young man with his entire life in front of him, then how could I wish that on him??? If you want to read a stellar S & M novel, then why not go classic? Either "The Story of O"', or "Last Tango in Paris". This is light-weight beyond belief...

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    Not Worth All The Hype
    by Stephanie
    8 months ago

    It was a good series. I read it because everywhere I turned someone was reading or talking about it. The story line is good and intertwined through the 3 books. The grammar however is annoying, something I couldnt read around. Everytime I went by a mistake I was irritable. Did no one edit this book? Not to mention, since when did we start calling the female body part by random names, it is what it is, let's be adult about it. This is a book about sex after all. Even kindergarten children call the part by what it is. Calling it "my sex" or any other random nickname distracts you from the overall flow of the novel.

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    Oh my!
    by Ella
    8 months ago

    What can one say about the Fifty Shades trilogy… enthralling, addictive, mesmerizing to the last page! Evidently, it’s not fine literature like Austen or James, but who really cares. It’s quite entertaining material despite the quality of writing, the repetitions and the use of British slang by Ana Steele that she would probably never utter considering she’s American. Christian Grey is a sexy “bad boy”, yet such a complex & tormented soul… totally enigmatic and alluring!!! Do yourselves a favor, forget the mixed reviews and read them. You won’t regret it! P.S.: Let’s just hope that the statements on the web are true and we’ll be soon reading a fourth installment to the already popular series of books. Laters!

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    LOVED IT!
    by yasmin patel
    8 months ago

    The start and the end were not that exciting, though my favorite was the second book it made the most sense of most things that were going on. i would tell anyone that is going to read these books that to keep an open mind don't listen to what you hear make your own decision about it these books are you'll totally love or hate them, but yes very poorly written

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    Still not read the 3rd one
    by Catherine Wilkins
    8 months ago

    There was so much hype about these books that I really wanted to read them. The first book, not too bad but very poorly written. Picked up the 2nd book and it took me over a week to read it because it was so bad, at least the first half was. I haven't even picked up the 3rd one because I don't have the energy to read the many times the author will write "My Fifty Shades"! So very disappointed!

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    Darlene Wolff

    I have never read a series of books so fast, these books intice the secret's of most women. I read the series fast the first time so now I'm re reading and taking my time. Great Series! Most women at my work have read the books, so we compare notes. To my surprise they are appalled at the Dominent / Submission. But you have to realize that I live in a rural setting, and I'm appalled at the reaction. People can not tell me that they are not indiced! Thank you for the series. Hope you are thinking about writing another series.

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    Great Item
    by Marie Barron
    8 months ago

    Ordered this online and was a bit nervous as it did not allow me to pay with my Paypal account. But there were no problems and I received the books to my home address just days after ordering them!

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    Entertaining
    by Rosalie Yanush
    8 months ago

    These books were pretty good, I agree that they didn't quite live up to the hype. I was always expecting something really dramatic to happen....never did. The sex scenes were not the greatest but I suppose the book is written from the point of view of a inexperienced young woman.

  • Kristina Gorog

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    Awful
    by Kristina Gorog
    9 months ago

    These books are just terrible, the storyline is alright but they are poorly written. Perhaps a good mindless summer read but nothing more. Doesn't live up to the hype.

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