Thanks to theFifty Shades of Greyphenomenon,E.L.
But let me warn you now: Whatever you think this book is, you are absolutely wrong.
To get the big question out of the way: There are no elements of BDSM in this book.
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Instead,The Misteris E.L. James' version of a straightforward romance.
It lacks even the vicarious, silly fun of theFifty Shadesworld.
(Think words like “muchly” and calling smartphones “clever phones.")
(Who can afford two premium-cable subscriptions but not a beach day?)
This contradictory depiction of Alessia is unbalanced and fundamentally inaccurate, reinforcing infantilizing cliches about Eastern European women.
Maxim invites her to come into his bed: “‘I won’t touch you.
This is just sleep so the next time you scream, I’ll be right there.'”
She groans as she comes, and, exhausted, she falls asleep.
Only to dream of him.
It’s all pointlessly dizzying, especially sinceThe Misteris over 500 pages.
Is this book meant to offer wish-fulfillment for some readers?
“), and he’s an Earl.
But he’s also I kid you not a model-slash-DJ-slash-photographer.
And one who happens to be irredeemably shallow and kind of a dick.
She was some nameless f who moaned a great deal both in and out of bed.”
In that respect,The Mistertruly fails.
Because he doesn’t come close.F
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