Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Los siete maridos de Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

753 reviews

fairylibrary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, and Suicide

haileylouise's review against another edition

challenging hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

Could not put it down. Was it life changing or the best thing I’ve ever read? No. But it did help me get out of a reading slump. Was it okay for a white author to write about a biracial and bisexual main character? Not really. It’s conflicting given the time period and how Evelyn is, does what Evelyn does in the book accurately represent what someone with her identities would do during that time period? Yes? No? Maybe? 

Nevertheless, it was interesting enough to get to the end and see why Evelyn married seven times, why she chose Monique to write her biography, and why she chose to do it now. If you’re looking for an easy read and don’t particularly care about accurate representation of biracial, bisexual women starting from the early fifties to present day, read it. It is fiction after all. But if you want accurate representation, go somewhere else. 

I feel as if it’s a “diverse” book written by a white author for white people.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Infidelity, and Biphobia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, and Eating disorder

amandab0514's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, and Infidelity

Moderate: Homophobia, Biphobia, Alcohol, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Abortion

wing_san's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.25

A fun book I finished in a little over 3 sittings. I'm not sure it needed 3 narrators, and I echo the thoughts of the other reviews when I say the Monique portion of our story could be dropped without affecting the main allure of this book. She wasn't fleshed out enough to have the Devil Wears Prada learning from your mentor win moment. We had a lot of insight into what was going on in her life, sure, but the character of Evelyn is so full-bodied that our understanding on Monique in turn feels more like the author is telling us who she is and telling us to root for her only because we're told she is an underdog with talent. Her career is summarized in a few paragraphs when we get Evelyn's through the whole book.

The twists both with her father and Evelyn's ultimate decision were far too predictable. The main character having written an article on euthanasia was a little too neat and on the nose.

Overall, however, the author did a very good job establishing a voice for Evelyn and making me care about her character even if I wouldn't have liked her as a real person.
I love the

found

family in the story, and realized how much I had grown to enjoy the book when I felt I cared for the characters in it. I also really enjoyed the depiction of queerplatonic relationships, but I agree with other reviews that the story lacks any platonic relationships that matter.

I would recommend this book, with the caveat that you'll probably find yourself skimming past the parts about Monique.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Cursing, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Biphobia, Blood, Car accident, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Death, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Alcoholism, Classism, Drug use, Xenophobia, Eating disorder, Terminal illness, Miscarriage, Outing, Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Pedophilia, and Pregnancy

I've put minor mentions of eating disorder above, but more accurately it's portrayals of dieting culture/actors restricting their weight for roles.

meh697's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Car accident, Grief, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Biphobia, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Blood

kirsten1999's review against another edition

emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Infidelity, and Car accident

Moderate: Child death, Homophobia, Sexual content, Drug use, Gaslighting, Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicide, Sexism, Alcohol, and Drug abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, and Body shaming

saskiahill's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Death, Car accident, Blood, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Outing, Misogyny, Homophobia, Grief, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Abortion, Sexism, Physical abuse, Suicide, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Terminal illness, Child death, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

avocadotoastbee's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

To be honest, at the beginning I thought: "What the hell, why does this have so many good reviews and ratings? This sounds like a Watpad story from 2016.". But then it hooked me and I was surprised by the twist in the story. Only the ending was perhaps a bit cheesy for my taste.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Sexual content, Outing, Suicide, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Blood, Sexism, Infidelity, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Abortion, Addiction, and Cancer

mangofraiche's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Drug abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Blood, Infidelity, Outing, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Sexual content, Classism, Biphobia, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Abandonment, Death, Alcoholism, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Violence, Cursing, Lesbophobia, and Miscarriage

dcheers's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.75

Simultaneously a light read that deals with heavy subject matter. Well written characters with lots of ups and downs. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault