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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

1019 reviews

purplesteffi's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Death of parent, and Alcohol

krandelzhofer's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

There wasn’t enough exploration of the reporter character for you to connect with her and the ending. It wrapped up too quickly The sudden interspersed chapters with their viewpoint run the presence interrupted the narrative. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Homophobia, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, and Alcohol

bringitona's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

I truly understand the hype over this book. Taylor Jenkins Reid did such an amazing job with this book. It was not all what I expected going, but so much better. I flew through book but I wish I had paced myself. The last third is heavy and emotional so I definitely recommend not rushing through it. There’s a theme I typically hate when done in other books, but Reid does it very gracefully.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Infidelity, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicide, Abortion, Death of parent, and Outing

unoriginalusername's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Biphobia, Cancer, Child death, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

thelibraryofjen's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Wow. Evelyn Hugo feels to me like a real icon. When reading It felt so real, I thought she was a real person in my head. This story crosses the line between fiction and real life. The love story between two queer people in the early 50’s to the 90’s was so beautiful written. I understand the hype around this book. This was a roller coster of emotions, that I feel everybody needs to read at least once. The racial discrimination in this book, forcing people of color to hide there true self. Reallly represents what hollywood standed for back then. The topics of AIDS and how queer people could be punished back then was also well written. This book is for people to feel SEEN and to be their true authentic self. Don’t coware away from who you truely are, don’t like you life in regret. Evelyn Hugo was a raw and sometimes bad person, as well as an icon, but most of all she was human. That is what drove this story, she felt so human to be I couldn’t help but sympathize  with her. AND THE ENDING HELLO ? Wow. I want this to be a movie or tv show ASAP. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

kelsokake's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny 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

My only complaint about this book is that I wish I read it sooner. It absolutely lived up to all of the hype. 

Evelyn Hugo is an incredibly complex woman. I found myself  impressed by her tenacity and willingness to do literally anything she had to do to make her goals and dreams a reality. In her retelling of her life I found her openness and self-awareness inspiring. 

Taylor Jenkins Reid is a phenomenal author. The way she writes made this incredibly unbelievable story feel real. I loved reading this so much that I finished it in less than 24 hours. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Sexism, and Car accident

Minor: Child abuse and Abortion

nicolaparty's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

smanuel21's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-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: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Suicide, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Abortion

perth_is's review against another edition

emotional relaxing fast-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: Biphobia, Body shaming, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

karalyndawn's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

”I'm bisexual. Don't ignore half of me so you can fit me into a box” 

Finally, finally, finally! Representation for a bisexual woman in a best selling book. I loved this novel sooo much and being bisexual could relate to Evelyn’s story in many ways.

“ The novel was so beautiful, funny and heartbreaking. I really enjoyed the style - from the news articles to the sections of each husband. The novel wasn’t what I expected, it was better. I will recommend this book over and over. Definitely made my top 5! I am obsessed with Evelyn Hugo.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol