07/15 Dave Barry has the best review of this book, in my opinion, he nailed it in his essay "What Women Want," found in You Can Date Men When You're Forty. 
 A fast-read. I was annoyed by Anastasia's timidity, her brow-beating self-commentary that constantly runs through her head(I realize she was written this way to contrast Grey), but I would overlook this if the character of Christian Grey was desirable to me. I had heard that his character -- good-looking, rich -- was appealing to women, but the writing just made him seem cold and unnecessarily formal. He didn't come to life for me at all. 
 As for the erotica, I was hoping to find some good passages to read to my husband, but it was not erotic.