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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

127 reviews

undecidedpersonality's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Car accident, Blood, and Misogyny

Moderate: Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Grief, Lesbophobia, Outing, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Hate crime, Terminal illness, Sexism, and Sexual content

Minor: Medical content, Suicide, Biphobia, Child death, Classism, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

mariajorivass's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Biphobia, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, and Homophobia

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

mal_reads_books's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This was an easy, partly enjoyable, partly emotional read.

The story itself was intriguing. I liked Evelyn’s boldness and assertiveness in doing what it takes to get what you want, even though she used people for her personal gain.

My favorite relationship was between

Spoiler

Harry

and Evelyn. They were both supportive and caring toward another, and could relate to and trust each other.

On the other hand, the relationship between Evelyn and

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Celia

felt underdeveloped and lacking. I disliked

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Celia and thought she was immature (even as an older woman in the middle of the book) and annoying. Considering she’s Evelyn’s love of her life, Celia was toxic to her.

While Evelyn is Cuban-American, the Latin-American representation in this book is not great. Her heritage is addressed shallowly. The characters are also stereotypical (such as the other Latina in the story being her maid).

Additionally, the writing felt…clinical? I probably would’ve felt more emotionally connected with the story if the writing were more fluid.

So the book didn’t live up to the hype for me. Despite its shortcomings, it was worth the read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Death, Cancer, Biphobia, Car accident, Domestic abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcoholism, Suicide, and Abortion

insidious_toxins's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Oh my god where to even start with this. This was the first book I’ve read all year so far due to a book slump & oh man did it rip me out of it. I didn’t realize how close I had gotten to these characters honestly & yes I weeped so hard at the end. Truly magnificent. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Addiction, Death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Abortion, Cancer, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, and Terminal illness

idontread's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

to anyone who saw me crying alone in the airport lounge while reading this no u didn’t

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Biphobia, Cancer, Car accident, Death, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Addiction, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Chronic illness, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body shaming, Classism, Child death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Car accident, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Biphobia, Cancer, Grief, Incest, Outing, Bullying, Drug use, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

anneschreurs's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Biphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Abortion, Body shaming, Cancer, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Addiction, Domestic abuse, and Fatphobia

jkohls's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Spoiler

My favorite husband is Harry

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident

Moderate: Abortion, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Outing

Minor: Alcoholism, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Blood, Infidelity, Sexism, Addiction, Alcohol, and Cancer

agiecummings's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

What an absolutely beautifully written and absolutely heartbreaking story. I love the way that Taylor Jenkins Reid plays with the narrative structure in her books, and this one is no exception. 

The story is told through the “lens” of a journalist who is given the opportunity to write a tell-all biography of one of Hollywood’s elite A-list celebrities, Evelyn Hugo. As the story progresses, you see chapters of this fictional book intermixed with the story of the journalist and her own daily struggles. It’s compelling and fresh and absolutely delectable writing.

As for Evelyn Hugo, I’m always going to root for a main character who is a strong woman with a clear sense of purpose and point of view. And she fits that mold. I love that this is a story of realistic bisexual feeling and the everlasting love between two people who, in the time period, could not always share themselves honestly.

Absolutely breathtaking. And gut wrenching. But so beautifully executed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Lesbophobia

chronicacademia's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

Because I picked this book unaware, and I worry others might too, I think it’s so important to put this out into the world: this book grossly glorifies suicide.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Ableism, Car accident, Death, Child death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Mental illness, Blood, Cancer, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Racism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abortion, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Drug use, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Sexism

lillucys's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid is a novel that is a retrospective of the life and loves of an aging Hollywood icon who is telling her story to a young and unknown magazine reporter Monique. 

I enjoyed this book with its flowing written style, sections relating to each of her seven spouses and their stories and interspersed with magazine clippings that moved the narrative along. You could read between the lines and see many symmetries to many stars through the decades such as Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson and Natalie Wood to name but a few in this tale of ruthless ambition, treasured friendships, complicated families, the cost of fame and ultimately being true to yourself and those you love and love you just as much.   

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, Car accident, Death, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts