Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

3048 reviews

sarahdawned's review against another edition

adventurous funny reflective medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

mangoavocado's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

sarahbeth016's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident

Minor: Homophobia and Domestic abuse

leah08855's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative 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

Graphic: Homophobia, Addiction, Car accident, Child death, Death of parent, Drug use, Gaslighting, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Grief, Infidelity, and Sexual content

ljpalgon's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Cursing, Death, and Infidelity

Minor: Alcohol, Terminal illness, Suicide, and Car accident

caroltb's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.75

“No one is just a victim or a victor. Everyone is somewhere in between. (…) There’s Evelyn Hugo for you. Somewhere in the middle.”

This book is really great. The narrative progresses really smoothly from the slow setting-the-scene start to Evelyn’s captivating and intriguing life story and all throughout it. All the characters feel really full and multifaceted too; they’re all “somewhere in the middle” between good people and deeply flawed, making the show of their relationships an even better read.

This book also made me cry several times, so make of that what you will.

Evelyn Hugo lived up to the hype.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Sexual content

b3ttysbooks33's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective sad medium-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

5.0

It's an entertaining, fun story that is actually very emotional and deals with some hard topics AND has a twist at the end that I still love even when rereading it

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, and Suicide

tigcr's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective 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: Homophobia, Death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Suicide and Cancer

Minor: Abortion

livimack's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

4.0

It’s insane to me how Taylor Jenkins Reid always does this thing where at the start of a book I think it’s not very good, is formulaic, is problematic, or is overdone, and I figure that I might as well keep going and make it to the end, but then by the time I get to the end of the book, I instantly want to read it again. What does she do to hook me like that? I really, quite genuinely, cannot put my finger on it. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide, Death, Grief, Abortion, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, and Homophobia

cathy_alice's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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: Death and Homophobia

Moderate: Death of parent and Domestic abuse

Minor: Cancer and Drug use