BLOOM BOOKS Fifty Shades Trilogy: Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker, Fifty Shades Freed 3-volume Boxed Set
A**N
Muito bom!
Excelente! Na minha cidade achei em loja física pelo triplo do valor.
R**O
Encantada!
Excelente me encanto la trilogía no pude dejar de leerlos. Llegaron en excelente estado y rápido! Comprare el otro libro de Grey!
G**S
Hot stuff
Ok, I liked them a lot.
A**H
Overcoming the Odds
Fifty Shades of GreyAna Steele helps out roommate and friend Kate with her big interview with Mr. Grey for their college newspaper who happens to be sick. Ana is quite unprepared for her reaction to Mr. Grey and cannot help herself when asking her questions. Mr. Grey is equally stunned by his own reaction to Ana Steele questions and the answers he finds himself giving to her. Ana's friend's Kate and Jose are not really thrilled about Ana's attraction to Mr. Grey. Ana doesn't see herself as beautiful when she's standing next to Kate who in her opinion is dropped dead gorgeous. Ana spends time with Mr. Grey and eventually calls him Christian much to both their surprise. Christian Grey is surprised by very little in his world but Ana is just so full of surprises. His world is all about control and doesn't know how to relinquish it for anyone but yet he tries for Ana. Ana is shocked by Mr. Grey's world but has never felt so alive in her life because of it. Can Mr. Grey give up his control? Can Ana let go of everything that she understands to be apart of his world? Your answers await you in Fifty Shades of Grey.Fifty Shades DarkerChristian Grey's world is turned upside down when Ana leaves. He thinks she's gone how do I get her back. Ana Steele's world is no longer the same since meeting Christian Grey. Ana goes to work in a fog that has no end. Ana realizes that she loves Christian. Christian realizes he only wants Ana in his life anyway he can get her. Christian fights to get Ana back into his life. He is distressed at seeing how Ana looks he's angry at himself and her too. Christian really wants to try having a relationship with Ana. Ana wants to work things out with Christian too. Together they work on both their issues and make a lot of effort in doing so. Will Christian faces hard truths about himself to really be with Ana? Can Christian accept himself and love too? Can Ana face her own issues as well as Christian's too? Your answers await you in Fifty Shades Darker.Fifty Shades FreedChristian and Ana Grey are celebrating their honeymoon, when tragedy strikes Grey Enterprise Holdings Inc. trouble is finding corners of their lives. Once they return home, they begin to experience ups and downs of married life. Ana struggles to maintain her independence from Christian's overprotectiveness and controlling nature because of his fifty shades past. Ana understands Christian need to control his surroundings but feel like she's suffocating under it all. Christian can't help himself when it come to protecting what is his, yet, he is frustrated with Ana and her reaction to his desire. It appears some is stalking Christian and there doesn't to be a reason as to why it's happening. Christian tightens security for everyone in his life without telling Ana. Who is out to destroy Christian? Your questions are answered in Fifty Shades Freed.
B**R
Wouldn't it be nice....
If this trilogy were meant to be a serious work of fiction, written to portray life inside a dangerous relationship, and how to come out of it healthy and intact, I could overlook the terrible writing style, but it isn't. This story is intended to glorify mental, emotional and physical abuse.Anastasia Steele is a 22 year old virgin who is days away from graduating from college when she meets Christian Gray. Ana has a weak personality and serious self esteem issues and absolutely no serviceable life skills. In spite of being a fourth year English literature major on the cusp of college graduation, she doesn't own a computer, an ipod or even have an e-mail account, and, apparently, she has never had a real boyfriend. I'm not sure how an English Lit major made it through four years of college without having a computer or an e-mail account, but that's our girl.Then....She meets Christian Gray, a "self made bazillionaire who is only a few years older than she is. Mr. Gray is quite proud of the fact that he has gotten where he is financially by being a bastard...an overbearing, controlling bastard.Christian is instantly attracted to this lovely young thing who thinks she is mousy and unattractive. His control freak radar goes berserk, and he instantly zeroes in on his target.Since Ana is such an innocent little lamb, she is obviously too naive to see that she is about to be led to slaughter. Naturally, because she has absolutely no self esteem, she is flattered by this handsome, rich and powerful man's attention. Although she is wise enough to know that something about the way he stalks her is a bit off, she is, none the less flattered by the attention that she doesn't think she is worthy of...Aaawww.....isn't that cute? No, it's not cute. It's sad. It is also hokey and unbelievable, but it's still sad.FIRST: HE STALKS HER: How romantic is it that he shows up at her place of employment (a hardware store that is only a three hour drive from where he lives), he shows up at the bar where she is having drinks with friends, he shows up at her mothers house, he even direct deposits money into her checking account....all without ever being given any information or without being told where any of these places are, or, for that matter, that she would even be at any of these places. This man even buys the company that she eventually goes to work for so that he can control her every move. (remember that she has, at no time, provided any information to him telling him where she lives, banks, works or dines, yet he knows everything there is to know about her, and every move she makes. He accesses her checking account? Romantic? No. He is a stalker. Stalking is illegal, not romantic.THEN HE THREATENS HER: Isn't it sexy how he tells her that he wants to beat her so badly that she won't be able to sit for a week? Why does he want to beat her so severely? Because she went out for drinks with her friends..keep in mind, these two are not even dating at this point. He does actually beat her with a belt because she "defied him", and he tells her, frequently, that he wants to hurt her. He does frequently hurt her, because she does so many things to make him angry, that he honestly believes he has the right to punish her. This behavior is not sexy. It is abusive and it is illegal, not sexy.AND HE CONTROLS HER. Isn't it sweet how he is continuously badgering her to become his submissive? He really want's her to sign his "contract" that pretty much states that he is in total control. That she has no rights and her needs and feelings don't count. She even has to get his permission to get out of the "contract" should she sign it. A contract that says that he is legally allowed to do whatever he chooses to her, and she is not allowed to tell anyone, for fear of severe punishment. He tells her that she is not allowed to talk to her friends about their relationship, that she is not allowed to visit her mother, This isn't sweet and endearing. It is frightening.BUT MOSTLY, HE ABUSES HER. Bruises are a sure sign of true love, right? This man deliberately hurts her during her first sexual encounter, telling her that he wants her to hurt so that she will remember that she belongs to him. He beats her with a belt. He gets his pleasure from causing her pain. He has to be in control. He has to own her. This is not a healthy loving relationship. It is abusive and it is illegal.Sure he stalks her, belittles her, rapes her, abuses her, and hurts her, and she knows that maybe this isn't normal behavior, but she also knows that he really does love her. How does she know this? Because he buys her things, that's how. He buys her an expensive book (just to show you that I know more about you than you expect) an Apple computer that hasn't even been released yet (because I AM that powerful that I can get Apple to sell it to me first, right). He gives her a fancy cell phone (all the better to track every move you make my dear), he upgrades her seat to first class (I know you didn't tell me you were going away. After all, I said NO when you first mentioned that you would like to visit your mom, didn't I? But hey...it's First Class, right? See...I know everything you do) He sells her car and buys her a new one (No, I didn't ask if you wanted a new car, or even what color you like, but remember, what you want or need doesn't matter. It's all about ME, remember? ) Heck...he even though she never told him where she would be working, or what her job would be, he still manages to buy the company she works for so that she can become an editor, fresh out of college. (No, you didn't study journalism, you studied English literature, but what the heck. You work for me now)Through many great stretches of the imagination, Anastasia and Christian end up married. They have a few kids and live happily ever after...at least till one of the kids defies him and he beats the child unconscious and breaks Ana's nose when she gets in the way, trying to stop him...No...that isn't the way the story ends, but it is the way real life ends with a man who has an emotional and mental disorder as severe as Christian Gray has.BUT WAIT! We all know that women who are treated with no respect, women who are stalked, beaten, belittled and abused always live happily ever after, right? That is the message these books send to the hapless reader. My fear is that somewhere along the way a sweet young lady will read this stuff and think that just because her boyfriend has knocked out a tooth or two doesn't mean that he is a bad guy, it just means that he really really loves her and just doesn't know how to handle his intense feelings of love for her. Maybe having a baby will make things all better. Maybe if I stop being so stupid and doing things to make him angry. Maybe if I love him enough he will change. Maybe....It's a frightening thought, but it is the message this book presents.The 50 Shades trilogy is a work of fiction. It is not a well written work of fiction nor does it have a single literary redeeming feature. The story glorifies dominance, intimidation and abuse, and it does not, in any way give the reader an accurate depiction of the way a "healthy" BDSM relationship really works. A realistic BDSM love story could be a truly sensuous story, if told properly...but this...not so much.E L James obviously knows nothing about abusive relationships. Perhaps she should have Googled mental abuse, physical abuse, stalking, sexual abuse and most importantly, BDSM, just once, and taken a few notes. Maybe, if she had any idea how to tell the behavior patterns apart, she would have been able to write a book that was a lot more entertaining and a whole lot less disturbing.I have to confess, I didn't buy these books for my reading pleasure. I own a bookstore and I wanted to know why every woman in town wanted to, no, they NEEDED to read all three of these books. I didn't read these books because I enjoyed the story. I didn't read these books because I found them sensuous, sexy or exciting. I read them because I was curious. My curiosity has not been satisfied, because now I am curious about why any woman with an ounce of self esteem could possible enjoy reading a story about a young lady who is so misguided and abused. Perhaps my view of these books is tainted due partly to the fact that I lived through an emotionally and verbally abusive relationship. I felt trapped and saw submission as the only way out....until I got lucky, and he left.Wouldn't it be nice if the popularity of these books is an indication that twisted, abusive relationships like Christian and Anastasia's are rare, and that is why so many normal, healthy, intelligent women could read these books and not be bothered by the underlying message of abuse that these books give the reader. I would like to hope so.Wouldn't it be nice if 50% of the proceeds from the upcoming film would go to women's shelters to help educate women on how to avoid becoming involved in, and how to safely and successfully end these dangerous, abusive relationships.
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