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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

1486 reviews

rodent_scribbles's review

emotional inspiring reflective 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? Yes

4.0

A beautiful and complex story about fame, womanhood, queerness, and race. The characters around Evelyn Hugo feel complex and multi-dimensional.

I was not a big fan of the voice in Monique's POV, especially at the beginning, but don't let that put you off. Once Evelyn starts talking, the pages just fly by.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Suicide, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Death, Terminal illness, Homophobia, Car accident, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Abortion

acebooknerd_07's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Drug abuse, Biphobia, Car accident, Homophobia, Grief, Sexual assault, Lesbophobia, Suicide attempt, and Cancer

insanebookperson's review

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

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

gildedspines's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Death, Death of parent, Sexism, Cursing, Addiction, Alcoholism, Abortion, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Lesbophobia, Outing, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Drug use

miap09's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

The majority of this book I read in an airport. It's a pretty popular book and I found that everyone wanted to give you their opinion, but I disagree with all of them. I've never heard a story like this before and Evelyn is not a terrible person.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Abortion, Addiction, Biphobia, Blood, Body shaming, Suicide, Grief, Domestic abuse, Death, Car accident, Cancer, Physical abuse, Outing, and Alcohol

nickileal's review

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

3.5

I grappled a lot with the main character. I understand that she’s supposed to be flawed neither good or bad bc that’s how most people are. Everyone can be a bad guy. But idk she played everything her way and by her terms and I understand that she’s queer but she used everyone almost all the way until the end all because the character always gets her way. I can’t say that I love that. It just left me wanting more. I kept feeling like what else is there? It kept referencing that she’s a sexual Icon and idk it felt repetitive and obvious   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Outing, Cancer, Abortion, Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Suicide, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

jemmaisntcool's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Child death, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Cancer, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Blood, Cursing, and Suicide

Minor: Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Biphobia, Racism, and Toxic friendship

hgracieeees's review

emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

4.25

I'd seen this book everywhere on the internet and wasn't super interested, but as soon as I began I just didn't want to put it down. Each reveal was a surprise - whether joyful or tragic - and it's one of those books that I'm going to wait to read again so I can forget the details and discover it all over again. A sweet, tragic, calculated series of romances - or at least, PR relationships - with one beautiful, genuine love at the centre. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide, Car accident, and Cancer

gretchenrojas's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense 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

5.0

Best book to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Abortion, Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Alcohol, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Rape, Addiction, and Mental illness

Get ready to cry

jennp28's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-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

4.5

There is a lot to unpack in this book. It’s intense and it definitely made me feel things. I varied throughout the book with how I felt about Evelyn - admiring her tenacity, feeling sorry for her, hating her… and I cried through the last few chapters. Themes of finding your true self, loving who you want (but marrying who can help you climb the ladder), friendship, gay identify, and of course old Hollywood glamour. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Homophobia, Suicide, Death, Child death, and Cancer