Fifty shades darker by El James Hi everyone! As usual, I'd like to share my views about this book and surely, I'll be glad to read corrections from native speakers. "Fifty shades darker" is the third book about relationship between Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey. The first and the second one were widely publicized and thoroughly discussed. Readers all over the world followed the author through all kinds of indecent activities imaginable. And now we are ready to immerse our minds once again into the dark and shocking world of untraditional sexual lifestyle. But this time El James leaves the BDSM issue behind the curtain. In the beginning of the book she draws a grim picture - two people tormented by the end of their relationship. A girl who fell in love with a wrong person and a young man who has never been rejected by a woman before. They found themselves in a dead-end situation. Both of them want to be together but they can't give each other what they desire. Or can they? It appears one of them can change himself. Christian Grey follows his psychotherpist's advice and tries "relationship her way". After his second approach readers expect something beautifully staged and performed with classic happy end. And it goes like this for a while. But the further you read the more you wonder why the author deliberately left the BDSM issue outside this book. That was the main idea before. It was shocking, immoral, rude but at the same time attractive. Moreover, it gave readers something to think about. Without that part "Fifty shades darker" became just a description of facts occuring one after another. It looks like El James ran out of ideas and filled the gap with new characters and unexpected twists and turns in the plot. Which keeps readers interested to some degree. But one can't avoid the feeling of emptiness. The first and the second books were not just a sequence of events. There were bigger issues regarding reasons why Grey became a sadist and whether or not Ana can bear it. Certain sexual conduct was the top of an iceberg comparing to psychological part. Finally, it seems worth mentioning that language and style the author uses remains as poor and simple as it was before. There are plethora of swear words on every page, the same phrases and expressions continue to pop up every now and then. So, the story moves farther and farther away from what we usually call literature. At the same time it is a bestseller and people all over the world are waiting for the next part.