ok, I've finally read this book. It's been on my Kindle for a couple of months now. I don't know why it took me so long to read this book that's basically become a phenomenon, but now it's read. 
 For anyone who doesn't know, this book tells the story of Ana Steele and Christian Grey. Ana is a soon-to-be college graduate who meets our Mr. 50 Shades while doing an interview for her college paper. She is immediately put-off yet drawn to the wealthy businessman, and it seems that he is equally drawn to her. What ensues is a complicated relationship delving into the BDSM world and pushing boundaries on both sides. 
 I need to say that from my understanding, this book was originally a concept in fanfiction based on Stephenie Meyers' Twlight where Ana is of course Bella and Christian is Edward. I wish I would have read the book before I had heard that little tidbit. Knowning that, I could clearly see the comparisons between the two books. Ana and Bella are both timid characters who don't really think much about the way they look (thinking they aren't as beautiful as some) and are not overly confident. Christian and Edward are mysterious men with dark secrets who try to stay away from the heroine but in the end give in. 
 It wasn't the whole entire story the mirrored Twilight. Don't get me wrong. Just the basic general premise was similar to it, but I found it distracting. Of course when we get to the sex scenes both books are so completely different they wouldn't even be uttered in the same sentence with one another. But I would have liked to ave read the story with a fresh perspective on it instead of knowing its origin. 
 Ana was an ok character. She did a lot of thinking and speculating about Christian. Sometimes I would grow bored with all of her musings. Other times I found her thoughts on him valid. She goes through a big growth and change by the end of the book and I'm interested to see how she fares in the rest of the trilogy. 
 Christian Grey is such a messed up character. But he's supposed to be. He's this man who on the outside seems to have it all. He's made himself and his company very wealthy., he's intelligent, handsome. Seems to have it all, but we find out while he does have it all he also has this very deep sense of needing to be in control of everything and everyone. He enjoys dominating. Now I am by no means a psychologist, I'm just giving my opinions based on what I've read. This book is brimming with analyzations. Why is Grey the way he is? What happened to him to make him this way? He says that he knows, but in the course of the story, even though he says he's never felt towards anyone what he feels for Ana, he can't bring himself to confide much of himself with her. It's something that he will obviously have to work on and I am very interested to see where the story goes from here. 
 The ending was destined to happen from the beginning. Two people who are so different, yet in certain ways so alike. Ana is not the type to sit and be told what to do really. Even as timid as she is, she's a fighter, and she definitely stands up for herself which goes in direct opposition to what Christian wants. So who bends? Can they bend equally? 
 I do look forward to reading the other two books in the trilogy to find out what becomes of our 50 Shades. Until Then!