I had thought the first line was good, but in comparison, lines like this are pure comedic gold: It went from all-out rage-inducing (like the first book), to incomprehensible hilarity. Ana sort of starts to stand up for herself and Christian begins to catch on that he's a total d-bag and maybe he should tone it down. Was I angry when I read that? Shit, yes, but thankfully, things ended up taking a turn. He asks how he's ever going to trust her again.

You're not used to this consensual punishment thing (not to mention the fact that you never explicitly consented in the first place) and your man is enjoying viciously turning your ass into a slab of raw beef, and you forget there's an easy way out of it. Call me crazy, but to me, this is understandable. Christian asks Ana why she didn't safeword in the midst of his assault (which occurred at the end of the first book), and she admits that she was overwhelmed and just.forgot. Yay! All that screwed-up physical violence forgotten.

Total surprise.Īfter what seems a rather generous amount of whining from Ana, she and Christian are back together. Psst! He's a villain! It isn't at all obvious, either. We're also introduced to Ana's new job at SIP, a small publishing company, and to her new boss. We're treated to a chapter of her wallowing in depression and self-pity while wasting away because Christian isn't there to remind her that eating is a fundamental aspect of survival. I simply couldn't help laughing when his mom's pimp treated me to six utterances of, 'You are one fucked-up bitch.' In a row.Īfter the prologue, we're right back in Anastasia's head (it's a good thing there's room for us in there). We begin with a prologue of Christian Grey having a night terror regarding a childhood memory. My reaction to that sentence was a snort of laughter. I'll be using more source material this time around (but don't worry, there will still be gifs). Now, the first installment in this series made me so angry, I could barely write a coherent review. No matter, it's still bad, and I'm still going to have a hell of a lot of fun writing about it. Or maybe I've built up a bit of an immunity. Don't get me wrong, it was still awful, but the rage-inducing badness of the first wasn't quite as powerful here. Unfortunately (for me), Fifty Shades Darker wasn't quite as bad as as its predecessor.

Plus, I had a few people tell me they couldn't wait for my reviews of the second and third Fifty books. Reading books this awful actually brings a certain amount of joy into my life. Why, for the fun factor, of course! Bad writing tends to make me giddy because I'm much better at being a horribly judgmental person critic than I am at.well, most anything else. Why, you ask? Why, when I so thoroughly despised Fifty Shades of Grey, would I do this to myself?

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