Why I Refuse to Read 'Fifty Shades of Grey'

*Disclaimer: I'm not bashing anyone or their opinions in this rant. I'm merely venting about this trilogy, and explaining why I don't want to be asked to read and review it for the twentieth time. I don't mean to insult anybody, other than the characters in this book*

I've explained why I am not going anywhere near this book series several times now, and I am fed up of explaining myself to those who are gushing over Christian Grey. Therefore, I'm writing a post in the hope that people will understand my point of view, and why I'm rather offended by those who ask me repeatedly.

This book trilogy disgusts me. I have read several excerpts and scenes, and it is VILE. How anyone can enjoy this kind of stuff is beyond me, especially when they themselves speak out against emotional and mental abuse. But whatever, that's none of my business. Everyone has different opinions and all that.

My initial reason for not wanting to read this series was simply that I could tell from a couple of paragraphs I had read that Fifty Shades of Grey is poorly written. All the "Jeez"'s, ellipses and "inner goddesses" make me want to tear my hair out. Who talks like that? Who the hell writes like that (apart from Ana, obviously)? The grammar is also appalling, but I won't go into that because these are just minor things that put me off the book. Minor in comparison to the other stuff, anyway. See below.

To put it bluntly, Christian Grey is an abusive bastard. I don't even know what to think about the amount of people who are drooling over this guy. Perhaps I am missing out on something? In my opinion, he is well and truly sickening. I have no problem at all with BDSM, and I do not think it's abusive at all as long as both partners are consenting adults. What I do have a problem with, however, is emotional and mental abuse. This is what happens in Fifty Shades.

As an example, I shall include this scene in which SPOILER (duh) Ana tells Christian that she is pregnant with his child, and he goes off the wall.

"Did you forget your shot?”

I just gaze at him unable to speak. Jeez, he’s mad- really mad.

“Christ, Ana!” He bangs his fist on the table, making me jump, and stands so abruptly he almost knocks the dining chair over. “You have one thing, one thing to remember. Shit! I don’t fucking believe it. How could you be so stupid?"

He then proceeds to slam more doors and bellow at her because, of course, it's the woman's fault that she got pregnant. It's definitely HER job to make sure she remembers to use contraception. Christian doesn't have to use condoms, though, because he hates them. *MAJOR EYE ROLL* This isn't the behaviour of a dreamy sex god. This behaviour is disgusting.

To add to this, he also constantly hounds her about what she eats, and isolates her from her friends so that even if she did have reservations about this contract, she wouldn't be able to speak to anyone but him about it. Such a catch.

This entire series is just constant manipulation on Christian's part. He tells Ana what she likes and what she wants, and she becomes completely brainwashed by this psycho. He takes complete advantage of her and I feel sick to my stomach.

A love interest who uses mind games as a form of control, who forbids her to talk to anybody about this thing they have got going on so she can't even discuss it with her closest friends if she has reservations, is not a worthy love interest at all. In fact, he's a classic abuser. Ana is clearly afraid of him when he's angry. Is this a relationship I'm supposed to root for?

There are also several other scenes that make me uncomfortable, particularly the ones involving children. Trigger warning: child abuse, paedophilia, abuse in general.

"I think Daddy wants to taste popsicle, too," I whisper in Ted's little ear. Ted frowns at me, then looks at his hand and holds it out to Christian. Christian smiles and puts Ted's fingers in his mouth. 
Hmm...tasty.

This first scene is from the epilogue of the third book. It's more than a little unsettling.

"How's my daughter?"
"She's Dancing"
"Dancing?, oh wow yeah i can feel her"
He grins as blip two [their unborn daughter, obvs] somersaults inside me
"I think she likes sex already."

This, again, unnerved me. What. The. Hell?!

The strands of the flogger skim across my swollen belly at an aching, languorous pace.

Despite what you may think, Ana's stomach isn't swollen because she's bloated. No. It's actually swollen because she's pregnant (I'm not sure how far along she is, but that's beside the point). You read that right, Christian is flogging her pregnant stomach. I don't understand how this got published. All of these scenes make me feel physically sick.

To sum up this post, this book sends me into a rage. It fucking INFURIATES me. For future reference for anybody who's reading this rant, don't tell me to read this book. I don't want it recommended to me. Amazon, you can stop doing that, too. I am not going to read a book about a psychotic love interest if the main character does not overcome the abuse, and I will not read it if the author is clearly okay with any of the elements mentioned above. I would not touch this book with a twenty foot barge pole.

ETA: I am NOT trying to dissuade anybody from reading these books. I am merely stating that after doing some research into this series, I have decided against reading it because the content makes me uncomfortable. Let me repeat, it makes ME uncomfortable. I'm not saying that anyone else should feel uneasy, I'm merely talking MYSELF. As the title suggests. 

Also, this is my blog and I will post whatever the hell I want. If I want to post reasons why I (read: nobody but me) will not be reading this trilogy, then I will very well do so.