


She adds: "Feminists have fantasies too." "It’s fantasy," James said of her prior series, and to critics, she asks, "Are you saying women aren’t intelligent enough to realize that this is for escape? You’re effectively infantilizing women and not letting them have a good time." That's not to say she's making a dig at the character who launched her into literary fame. I just find Christian mentally exhausting, physically exhausting. Utterly exhausting," the author admits. "I think you’d have to have the patience of a saint to marry someone like Christian.

In contrast, Christian Grey's persona has more to do with lust than real-world expectations.
