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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, by Taylor Jenkins Reid

41 reviews

cdoubet's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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: Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Grief, Homophobia, Body shaming, Classism, Cursing, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Lesbophobia, Addiction, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Drug use, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Outing, Gaslighting, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Hate crime, Body shaming, and Blood

Minor: Police brutality and Abortion

luizamjc's review

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

hotbitch's review

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Hate crime, Misogyny, Transphobia, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Racism, Sexism, Child death, Biphobia, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Gaslighting

sighhh's review

emotional reflective 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

10/10 WOULD NOT READ AGAIN

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Sexism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Grief, Suicide, Hate crime, and Terminal illness

cat_astrophe12's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Grief, Biphobia, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexism, and Car accident

Minor: Abortion, Cancer, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Infertility, Terminal illness, Miscarriage, Outing, Alcoholism, Child death, Hate crime, and Medical content

bookswithlauren's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

"When you're given an opportunity to change your life, be ready to do whatever it takes to make it happen. The world doesn't give things, you take things"

Reading 'The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo' is one of my favourite reading experiences to date. It made me, laugh, it made me smile with complete joy, it made me cry, it made me angry and it completely consumed me from start to finish. I adore Evelyn Hugo and her life, I want to have known Evelyn Hugo, I want to have been a part of her life. I want to read more and more about her. The exploration of fame and Hollywood, sexuality, self acceptance, race, religion, sexism, friendship, family, abusive relationships and so much more is nothing short of perfection.

Taylor Jenkins Reid has such an interesting structure to her writing and I very much enjoy it. Both of her books that I have read so far have been an interview structure with dual timelines. It is such an interesting, clever way to write, I find it to immerse the reader in such a profound way. I cannot wait to read more of her work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Body shaming, Car accident, Classism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death, Injury/injury detail, Outing, Sexual violence, Homophobia, Hate crime, Sexism, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Biphobia, Gaslighting, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Child death, and Cultural appropriation

honeybunchesofoats06's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Alcoholism, Body horror, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, Chronic illness, Cursing, Sexism, Blood, Body shaming, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Cancer, Car accident, Death, Drug use, Child death, and Death of parent

jlaz_13's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Abandonment and Hate crime

daijastoughton's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Death, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Suicide, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, and Death of parent

minsreadingnook's review

emotional 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

3.75

3.9*
Thoughts:
The more I thought about the story as a whole, the more my rating dropped lol but If you would’ve asked me while I was reading the story, I would’ve given it a 5*. I feel like the ending was somehow… lackluster. I don’t know why to be honest, probably because I was just not ever invested in Monique as a character. Or maybe I just expected so much.

Connor’s name just reminds me of Connor Murphy but I love the way motherhood was portrayed.
Evelyn was such an interesting character to read. I devoured this book because of her.
I don’t like Celia that much but the nice parts of their relationship was pretty cute. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Infidelity, Injury/injury detail, Misogyny, Outing, Toxic friendship, Death, Grief, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Suicide, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Murder, Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Abandonment, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Cancer, Car accident, Cursing, Drug use, Pregnancy, Rape, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Abortion