Fifty Shades Freed (50 Shades Trilogy, #3)

by E L James

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Well, I'm kinda glad I'm done with this series. The first two books got two stars, the reason being that the characters themselves and the erotic relationship were alright, despite the many flaws. Tis one gets only one because, while the MC's and the sex part aren't worse, it just gets old. Reading the same thing over and over and over again for three freaking books get old. Then, I have to same problems as I had with the first two, so I won't list them again, but I will list some additional ones (some go for the other books as well, some are specific to this one)

Ana calls Christian Fifty in her mind. Because he is "fifty shades of fucked up". And I guess there are people that find that sexy. To me it only brings up the picture of fifty cent, which is kind of the exact opposite of Christian Grey and therefore kinda ruins the mood.

The have the same conversation over and over and over again. He: I love you, don't leave me, how can someone as amazing as you love such a fucked up thing like me? Her: I love you you are amazing, don't leave me to go spank someone, how can someone as amazing as you love someone as average as me? Which, fine, maybe with their mental problems and their past is a fair argument to have, once. But not for the whole fricking length of the book please!

Christian is controlling to the point where it is just annoying. And again, if you need to for his character, start him out that way. But give us some Progress over the book, something to see how they are evolving, growing as a couple... I don't want to feel stuck in the same moment like groundhog's day.

Ana was kinda annoying. Particularly in one scene, when Christian has asked her not to go out (with a really good reason for once, not being overly controlling) and she chooses to go out, not telling him. He gets angry. Her excuse is literally. I'm a woman. Woman change their minds all the time. No. Just no. For one, it's so not in her character to say that. If anyone would have said that to her, I think she would have been angry. Second, it's just... no.

It's just ... the whole book is so damn overly melodramatic... And it feels like we have heard all steamy scenes before, so there is nothing to save it.

So, for the whole series, again, it's not horrible, it could have had potential as a concept, but there was evidently absolutely no need for three books. You could have put all of it into one or two books and it would have been enough.