Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, by Taylor Jenkins Reid

57 reviews

aspenfcoleman's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Xenophobia, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Car accident, Drug use, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Sexism, and Stalking

izza617's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, and Xenophobia

margaret_s_library's review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted 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

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Death of parent, Death, Cancer, Terminal illness, and Suicide

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Biphobia, Infidelity, Grief, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Car accident, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Xenophobia, and Racism

gab_l23's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, and Abortion

Minor: Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Xenophobia

aliyachaudhry's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Blood, Chronic illness, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Biphobia, Cancer, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Suicide, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Pregnancy, Child abuse, and Abortion

naturally's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense 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

4.5

a pageturner. the seven husbands of evelyn hugo wasn't a perfect book, there was a lot to hate but there was also a lot to love. i couldn't put it down.

evelyn is an excellent character study. she's selfish, conniving, ruthless, ambitious, larger-than-life itself and so much more. as a supporter of women's rights and women's wrongs i had no choice but to stan. the evelyn chapters were the strongest aspect of this book, i felt like i was reading about the history of real people and i didn't want to journey to end. so i'll definitely check out the other works in the tjr universe. tjr provides an excellent view into the dark side of celebrity and entertainment culture.

whilst i think its nice that tjr attempted to depict the identity struggles of a biracial women with monique grant's character...i'm not sure if she had the range. monique was a mediocre journalist at best and anti-black at worst. the plot twist near the end felt under-baked and predictable. it didn't add much tbh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Pedophilia

Moderate: Car accident, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Death, Terminal illness, Cancer, Adult/minor relationship, and Violence

Minor: Xenophobia, Racism, and Death of parent

cutepatzie's review

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

I love strong character like Hugo. The story was amazing, its a lot of things that we can agree with Hugo, and many that we will not. But I enjoy this book. Love seeing stories where characters are not black or white, but more complex and in the gray zone. It was nice to see the old Hollywood that was big and crazy back in the day. And also I love showing that being a girl is hard and will always be the battel with the system. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Car accident, Chronic illness, Child death, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Lesbophobia, Outing, Abortion, Addiction, Homophobia, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Antisemitism, Blood, Cancer, Classism, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Adult/minor relationship

catarina_fernandes's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Car accident, Sexism, Cancer, Terminal illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny

Moderate: Xenophobia and Homophobia

flaura_99's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense 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

5.0

I loved this book so much that I'm not sure what to say. 
What I do know is that I need to say it felt like a real biography. The story is so human and realistic and I'm just in awe. It is so well-written and the story is perfectly executed. Taylor certainly knows how to keep the reader wanting for more, and she also creates loveable characters despite their numerous flaws, because, after all, no one is perfect. 
Evelyn was marvellous, and I loved the reason behind every one of her marriages. Some relationships were better than others, and there's a husband that has my heart (I'm sure those who've read the book know who I'm talking about), but each of them has its shades of grey. Despite that, the one true love story made me ache and smile and laugh and cry. Wonderful.
This novel is about love, and not only the romantic one, but almost every kind: familial, platonic, romantic, self-love... Fantastic.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Xenophobia, Homophobia, and Physical abuse

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

emotional reflective

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Medical content, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Classism, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Biphobia, Cancer, Domestic abuse, and Injury/injury detail

Moderate: Miscarriage, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Outing, Sexual assault, Blood, Child abuse, and Drug abuse

Minor: Abortion and War

Also includes several uses of the D-slur, and discussion of underage sex.