This book by E.L James is a little short of pornography. How then has it become a bestseller? It's because it is porn with well sketched characters and taut tension filled situations. The girl Anastasia Grey, a young, virginal, poor girl is strongly attracted to the young, handsome, incredibly wealthy tycoon Christian Grey as soon as she comes to interview him for her school journal. He too seems to reciprocate her interest and they meet meet once or twice by chance. Stuff of mills & boon stories with smouldering glances and swooning moments. The fun starts when Grey refuses to even kiss the poor girl who is desperate for him without her signing a contract where she agrees to become her sub as in submissive to his superior or something of that sort. After that the porn starts which is pretty sick and repetitive in parts.
The other characters in the story are quite superficial. The girlfriend Katherine Kavanaugh , Grey's brother, family etc are pretty simple straightforward types. The main focus is on the two main protagonists and their interactions.
