Reviews tagging 'Cultural appropriation'

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, by Taylor Jenkins Reid

17 reviews

ellafranks's review against another edition

dark emotional informative 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: Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Homophobia, Cultural appropriation, and Physical abuse

jmkendall0218's review

emotional funny inspiring 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

Graphic: Sexual content, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Biphobia

Moderate: Death, Car accident, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Alcohol, Cancer, Cultural appropriation, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

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

piaschj's review

emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Biphobia, Body shaming, Death, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Car accident, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

jakespeare's review

emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.75

This book is incredibly eay to read, I was in a reading slump and this Y/A novel was just what I needed to get back on my feet. The story has lovable (and asshole) characters which readers can quickly grow attatched to. This book was wonderful, but not amazing; the addition of lgbtq+ did add a lot of depth to the story a characters, though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Chronic illness and Car accident

It's a good read

alisonannk's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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: Grief, Violence, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexism, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Death, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Infidelity

Moderate: Xenophobia, Suicide, and Addiction

Minor: Biphobia, Cultural appropriation, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Infertility, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, and Body shaming

shzn's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

And so I started reading it consciously waiting for something to drop. I hadn't found it. But I was not unsatisfied. It gives something more light than I had expected but I still ended up loving it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Cultural appropriation, and Homophobia

Moderate: Death

Minor: Alcohol

ts_anne13's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Child abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Outing and Suicide

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Abortion, Blood, and Drug use

_alyannaaa's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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: Domestic abuse, Lesbophobia, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Suicide, and Cultural appropriation

rebeccaxpaige's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death of parent, Homophobia, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Outing, Abortion, Biphobia, Cancer, Cultural appropriation, Drug abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Grief, Gore, Bullying, Injury/injury detail, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Suicide, Cursing, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, and Suicide attempt