Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

994 reviews

leahlesle's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

This book was beautifully written, and I truly felt like I was transported into a very real world with very real characters. It made me laugh, it made me tense, it made me cry, it guided me, heartwrenchingly, through the whole spectrum of human emotion. Refreshingly, characters weren't perfect, or likeable all the time -- but they were honest. They were human. 
I am very conservative with my book ratings, and this is the highest I have ever rated a book, to date -- because I cannot think of any other books that felt quite as honest, and as human, as this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Homophobia, and Suicide

dariayune's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

Reading The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo was like a much needed dive into the compelling world of books 📚 #bonusforreadingwithmygf

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Death, Grief, and Homophobia

hobbit_at_heart's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Misogyny, Death, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Car accident, Grief, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Cancer, Emotional abuse, and Infidelity

Minor: Blood, Pregnancy, Suicide, Abortion, and Miscarriage

lembagel's review against another edition

reflective fast-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

4.75

I reeeeeally didn’t like the “main character.” She bothered me to no end because in my eyes she was like cringey woke millennial. Evelyn Hugo on the other hand? LOVED her. I was so glad most of the book focused on her because she was so interesting and I was so invested in her life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Suicide, Alcoholism, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Car accident, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Blood

caitlyn_drago_1226's review against another edition

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

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

truly a masterpiece

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Homophobia, Grief, Fatphobia, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Chronic illness, Child death, Cancer, Biphobia, Blood, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Car accident

Moderate: Suicide

hollowbound's review against another edition

emotional funny sad slow-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

2.5

I was originally going to give this two stars, but I decided it deserved one more for the pure fact that I did get emotionally invested enough to tear up a few times. Overall, however, I really just did not jive with TJR's writing style. It was too expository even during moments that we were zoomed in to either Evelyn or Monique's perspective. Speaking of perspectives, I found the voices between Evelyn and Monique far too similar to the point I'd sometimes miss when we'd switch to another. I think I'm more disappointed than anything. That, of course, is my own fault for giving in to the hype around this book before reading. If you like contemporary fiction, this is definitely worth a look, but I wouldn't say it's anything overly special in my opinion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Biphobia, Domestic abuse, and Homophobia

Moderate: Sexism, Grief, Death, Infidelity, Cancer, and Suicide

Minor: Child death

saturnpersonified's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Addiction, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Terminal illness, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Cancer, Grief, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

katipheria's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Grief, Cancer, Death, Infidelity, Alcohol, Car accident, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Outing

evie_1106'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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Grief, Child death, Car accident, Cancer, and Terminal illness

Minor: Sexual content

te_ss_i's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Terminal illness, Biphobia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Misogyny, Addiction, Outing, Suicide, Car accident, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Violence