i know i should be revising for my HKAAT exam but hell finals were just over and i needa little time off.
so, i've been reading fifty shades of grey.
the trilogy has suddenly gone wild among the best-seller lists and surprisingly knocked off harry potter as the fastest selling book.
therefore i was like: ok i will give it a try. however i now freaking regret it.
even accounting is more interesting than this book.
firstly, it was poorly written.
the book is written at twilight-level and i lost counts on the times the female character, Ana, refers to her inner goddness and her subconscious. Besides, she never stops blushing, flushing or biting her lips.
Moreover, do the characters talk, like at all? They only murmur and whisper which i find super annoying and unnecessary in many ways. seriously, any teenagers can write this book or u can simply bang ur head to the keyboard and va la! here's ur fifty shades of grey!
secondly, the story background is freaking weak.
am i suppose to believe the male character, Christian, who has sex almost everyday with Ana and rarely goes to work (even if he does, he constantly emails Ana), could have established himself as a billionaire and owns a sole proprietorship at the age of 26 by his very own hands without any help?
seriously what world does the author lives in?
and there's more - he is hot (which is mentioned by Ana almost every page), was adopted and brought up by parents of doctors. sounds familiar? yes his background is very identical to Robert in twilight and this is no incidence. Because this book is inspired by twilight and is as poorly written i can say.
if u look past the way too unrealistic backgrounds and the teenage-level monologues, the main idea is really not that bad. but the writer didnt know how to execute and organize her thoughts finely and result in such a disaster. it could have been much, much better.
All in all, i really did expected much in this book due to the fame it gained. well i was very, very wrong.
however i learnt i should never trust the selling figures (clearly i hvnt learnt from the mistake of the horrible twilights saga) and should revise accounting instead LOL. oh and never judge a book by its cover because the cover art is beautiful.
BUT i heard fifty shades darker and fifty shades freed, the part 2 and 3 of the trilogy are better than this as they start to explore more into Christian's background. therefore i decided to give them a try nevertheless of the poorly written part 1 that disappointed me deeply. of course, only after my HKAAT exam and my week staying at hku for the arts and humanities programme next week.
