Fifty Shades of Grey / E. L. James / 716 pages

Who would have thought to use pseudo multiple personalities as a literary device?  E. L. James does in her 50 Shades trilogy.  Young, naive Anastasia Steele, a literature student about to graduate college, is asked by her roommate and best friend, Kate, to interview a wealthy CEO for the school newspaper.  Kate has the flu, but has scripted the interview.  Ana finds Christian Grey to be domineering, a control freak, and quite handsome.  She is drawn into his unusual sex world, and her reactions to him and his world are recorded through her own thoughts, her subconscious thoughts, and her inner goddess - apparently a sex maniac.  Although this literary device is amusing, the book has been described as soft porn.  Although I don't know if this is an accurate assessment , it is far, far too graphic...is depraved too strong a word ?!