Get inside Christian Grey's mind, as you read the complete Fifty Shades trilogy retold from his point of view, carrying on where E L James left off at the end of 'Fifty Shades.
Gillian Griffin (G E Griffin) is the author of the renowned 'Meet Fifty Shades' blog, which follows on from where E L James left off at the end of the Fifty Shades Freed, recounting the story from Christian's point of view.
I'm pleased overall with the re-write of this trilogy. I enjoy how this author writes Christian, and has become more comfortable injecting her own imaginative scenes. She is still following the originals, but as I mentioned in my review for the second book, the story is far more interesting when the reader is introduced to an entirely unseen moment within the narrative rather than rehashing entire chunks of the story.
On the downside, I think the author missed a great opportunity when she glossed over the section relating to Ray's accident. Seeing how Christian deals with a situation completely out of his control would have made for an interesting read.
Final thoughts: It was good, it was free, and it was a fast read.
Because you keep asking... Here is how to find the books:
G.E. Griffin wrote a blog which takes all the books chapter to chapter, but you can also download PDF versions of the books here:
The link contains all three books from Christian's perspective, plus a book from Grace Trevelyan-Grey's POV.
Since this is Fan-Fic, the books will stay free and unpublished in the traditional sense. That being said, G.E. Griffin is wonderfully talented, and if you enjoy these books, you should check out her original series, Starr Fated.
This was a great finish...A happy ending after all...with the two characters enjoying their love, sex, and children. Certainly leaves room for another segment though. I read somewhere in someone's review that such a gentleman would never be transformed in such a miraculous way though. Essentially he was too bent and twisted....the reviewer was saying. No one can predict someone else's reality. I loved this last Shades book. I am still a romantic but happily I have not lost faith in happy endings!
This was just as awful as I remember the original book being. Possibly moreso because rather than just it being kind of second hand Ana's experiences and what she thinks it put us in Christian's mindset and just fucking confirmed how awful of a shit stain excuse for a human he is.
Overall did not enjoy it and it just made me want to scream at it even more.
I'm probably going to recommend these to everyone who loved the original published fanfiction and thought it was romantic to see if that can help put into perspective of why I'm so adamantly AGAINST the trilogy.
Don't waste money on "Grey." This woman wrote the Christian point of view for all three books a while ago. You won't be getting anything new from EL James. I swear to you that G.E. Griffin has already written the same thing that E.L. James has written in "Grey." Gee, it's almost as if E.L. James plagiarized MORE fan fiction.
It's also just more affirmation that Christian Grey is a textbook narcissistic, abuser of women. It's damn near impossible to change that even hearing it from his POV.
Please note that this is NOT the book "Grey" by E.L. James. This is a fan fiction version of FSoG written from Christian's POV. Believe it or not, it's actually BETTER than "Grey" by E.L. James.
I think I have to add an extra half star to this rating!! Well, I had to finish it just so that I can have an ending to the saga I did enjoy hearing Christians thoughts as he often sounded very different to what he was actually feeling. At times I was shaking my head thinking "this guys nearly 30 and he still has the thought patterns of a teenager" which frustrated me, as at times he made sound and mature decisions. Anyway all in all I did enjoy the series. If you have not read the fifty shades books you will feel like you are jumping all over the place with these books. Read them first!
The second part of Fifty Shades from Christian's POV.
I liked how Christian's POV was provided in all those scenarios that took place in this part. It was good to finally understand what was going on in his mind when Hyde tried to get close to Ana, when Leila approached Ana, and the way the entire birthday aspect went down between Elena and Ana.
I loved how Grace had a good talk with Christian about all that happened. Yes, I love the Grace character a lot.
This was inside the head of Christian and it was written from his pov. Although this wasn't written by EL James, this is totally believable and I thinks if EL James wrote his POV it would not stray too far from these books. I enjoyed them.
While there are instances when the narrative becomes fast-paced and exciting, those are few and far in between. Christian sometimes overthinks things - which is fine, really. But there has to be a better way to narrate those moments.
I liked it. So engaging. Christian has a sense of humor... who knew. yes he is fifty shades and he knows it. and still holds it together mostly. I really enjoyed this book
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