Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, by Taylor Jenkins Reid

593 reviews

samanderson24's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

Taylor Jenkins Reid brought Evelyn Hugo to LIFE. I was hooked from the beginning. She brought homophobia, sexism, and racism to the forefront with how they affected Evelyn’s life in the 50s throughout the 80s and beyond. Loved this book. Love this author. Love Evelyn Hugo. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Sexism, Suicide, Physical abuse, Racism, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Death of parent, and Infidelity

spiltink's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

3.75

I feel like the foreshadowing of the plot twist made the twist fizzle out once revealed. It was so hyped that nothing would ever live up to it. I do think by the very end the author was able to turn it back around. I truly enjoyed the first 250 or so pages. I feel the description of the main character's experience as a woman of color was poorly written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death, Chronic illness, Car accident, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexism, Pregnancy, Biphobia, Addiction, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Cursing, Cancer, Outing, Misogyny, Blood, Alcoholism, Suicide, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Racism, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Injury/injury detail, Abortion, and Lesbophobia

gummifrog's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious reflective 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

4.5

I really enjoyed this book. I'd heard about it for years and assumed it was a very hetero drama - no spoilers, but if you like LGBT fiction, you'll very much enjoy this book. I'm glad I gave it a shot! It was a quick, easy read. The author is a master at telling only the necessary bits of information and allowing the reader's imagination to take it away.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Grief, Sexual content, Infidelity, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Cancer, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, Car accident, and Alcoholism

Minor: Rape, Medical content, and Outing

natashaball's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Death

Moderate: Lesbophobia and Homophobia

a_win_in_clear_rain's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

This took me a few days to process and decide on a rating, but I'm going to give it five stars!
The sole fact that this book is still on my mind after I'm well into my next one tells me that I really was fully intrigued by this story, and it really captured my thoughts!
I'm usually one for more lighthearted stories and romances, but the complicated nature of the romance was so interesting to me, as I've never read a queer romance set in the past!
I really liked the friendships in this book (even more than the romantic relationships), it was so emotional and heartwarming, and also heartbreaking...
And the twist later on in the book really got me!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Homophobia, Sexism, Death, Grief, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, and Biphobia

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Cancer, Suicide, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Infidelity, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Outing, Alcoholism, and Death

Minor: Pregnancy, Drug use, and Abortion

kjohnstone62's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Chronic illness, Biphobia, Physical abuse, Infidelity, and Grief

Minor: Abortion

allielong19's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/injury detail, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Toxic friendship

evhanson's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, and Sexual harassment

luizamjc's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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? No

4.75

Amazing. I read this book in two days because I couldn’t put it down. I started after EVERYONE was talking about it and I got curious, even though I did not expect much given the title. Oh I was wrong, I was so wrong. It’s a must-read. It’s beautiful, sad, emotional, and heartwarming all at once. And it’s very surprising.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Hate crime, Misogyny, Grief, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Suicide, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexism, Violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Biphobia and Car accident

laughingrecord's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

Graphic: Cancer, Lesbophobia, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Biphobia, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Medical content, Car accident, Injury/injury detail, and Suicide

Moderate: Drug use, Misogyny, Racism, Infidelity, and Sexism