Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, by Taylor Jenkins Reid

833 reviews

sofiazee's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Pregnancy, Car accident, and Infidelity

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, Cancer, Drug use, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Homophobia

srulon's review

emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Pregnancy, Cancer, Death, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Car accident, and Death of parent

skyeuqx's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

3.75

fave was rex tbh.
i don't like the magazine cutouts and it took me a long time to care for monique, but it works just perfectly by the end, i nearly forgot.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Misogyny, Abandonment, Car accident, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Homophobia

Minor: Alcohol, Outing, Racism, and Infidelity

itsgeesus's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.5

I avoided this book for the longest time because I feared it was overhyped for the sake of overhyping. But I shouldn't have, because it's very well deserved. In a lot of ways, it was magnificent. It was effortless to read and tough to put down. It's also been an incredibly long time since a book has bought me to tears, yet Seven Husbands had no problem; not once, but twice. This should be one on everyone's book list.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Grief, Domestic abuse, and Blood

Minor: Cancer, Abortion, Alcoholism, Death, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Outing, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Alcohol, Chronic illness, and Death of parent

hollyplayer's review against another edition

inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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

4.5

I wasnt expecting to enjoy this book as much as I did but it was great writing and keeps you engaged and interested until the very end! I also really like books with short chapters. This book was a fast, easy, and enjoyable read and made you ponder about the glamour of Hollywood. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Death of parent

the_chocolate_bookshelf's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Homophobia, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, Cancer, and Pregnancy

link_reads's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing 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? It's complicated

5.0

Both simply and most complicated, this is the best book I have ever read. As  vigilant reader, I never comprehended that such emotion and feeling could be illustrated from printed letters on paper. I read in two sittings, physically could not close the covers, apart from the many times I had to pause and process what I had just read in the best way possible. I wish I had never read this book, only because nothing else I read will come close.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Blood, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Abortion, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Alcohol, Homophobia, Alcoholism, Cancer, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Pregnancy

bells_shelves's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

All Evelyn’s advice throughout the book… every twist and turn. A masterpiece. All of it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Abortion, Death, Grief, Body shaming, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Biphobia

marslotus's review

emotional mysterious 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

4.5

While I will admit this was a page-turner of a book, the writing styles of Monique's perspective versus Eveyln's never felt comfortable to me. That is to say I found myself drawn in when reading about Evelyn and annoyed at Monique's character (until the ending of course). She's introduced as honest and forthcoming but is often presumptuous when talking to Evelyn. It almost feels like two different people wrote the book, as I felt talked down to when explained bisexuality and LGBTQ+ issues. I would expect this from a teen novel, not from this story. But I can't deny my eyes watering at least twice near the end of the book. This is a good story, maybe my personal preference is just getting in the way of fully enjoying that. I didn't feel it had a strong start and I'm glad it got better the farther along I read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Grief, Infidelity, Car accident, Cursing, Lesbophobia, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Terminal illness, Sexual content, Homophobia, Outing, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Suicide, Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Terminal illness, Violence, Pregnancy, Sexism, Child abuse, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

tree_branch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Injury/injury detail, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Misogyny, Outing, Eating disorder, Abortion, Racism, Suicide, Biphobia, Rape, Sexism, Cancer, Lesbophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Homophobia, and Pregnancy