Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

105 reviews

lizcheyenne's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad 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

5.0

When everyone was talking about this book, I never expected it to be THIS. I was captivated from page one and followed this marvelous character throughout her long and complicated life. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Death, Pregnancy, Biphobia, Lesbophobia, Body shaming, Cancer, Abandonment, Grief, Homophobia, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Alcoholism

lila_heart's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? N/A

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Cancer, and Suicide

Minor: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Abortion, and Terminal illness

gracieec's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Abandonment, Alcohol, Drug use, Misogyny, Cancer, Death, Grief, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Addiction, Biphobia, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Outing

Minor: Death of parent, Medical content, Abortion, Body shaming, Miscarriage, Racism, and Blood

idontread's review

emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.25

to anyone who saw me crying alone in the airport lounge while reading this no u didn’t

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Biphobia, Cancer, Car accident, Death, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Addiction, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Chronic illness, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body shaming, Classism, Child death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Car accident, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Biphobia, Cancer, Grief, Incest, Outing, Bullying, Drug use, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

selfdubbed's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, and Biphobia

Moderate: Abortion

andreapepsii's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

I binged this book. I loved it. It was easy to read, yet so complex in character development that left you reflecting about each choice and each character. I am a bit unsure whether the narrator back and forth approach was good at the beginning but it payed off well enough in the end. Highly recommend this book if you’re in the mood for some historical fiction with an extraordinary MC

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, Domestic abuse, Sexism, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Homophobia, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Suicide, and Infidelity

Minor: Cancer, Abandonment, Abortion, Car accident, Colonisation, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

anielabooks's review against another edition

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

4.5

I very much enjoyed this book. I saw the plot twist coming, but I was still interested in getting to the end. The format was original and intriguing. I’m reminded of Reid’s other book Daisy Jones and the Six with its interview format. It’s not exaggerated to say the Reid has a great skill at untraditional storytelling methods. I would definitely recommend this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Biphobia, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Grief, Car accident, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Infidelity

Minor: Rape, Sexism, Abortion, Blood, Cursing, Misogyny, Outing, Pregnancy, Drug use, Gaslighting, Infertility, Sexual assault, Abandonment, and Sexual content

victaphone's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense

• 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

3.0

Rq

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Violence, and Infidelity

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Biphobia and Terminal illness

sierrabedwell's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-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

5.0

I loved this book! I was so surprised at how much I was sucked into the life of old Hollywood and movie stars. I didn’t think I would enjoy this book as much as I did because it was out of the genre range of books that I typically go for, but wow what a refreshing surprise. This book was so fast paced and I couldn’t get enough of it. The plot twists in the last hundred pages were so good that I had to finish it that day. I would recommend this to anyone, even if you don’t think you’ll like it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Outing, Suicide, Infidelity, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Car accident, Abortion, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Sexual content, Cancer, Terminal illness, Grief, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Racism

lynns_lovely_library's review

emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

This book was absolutely incredible. I cannot express how much love this book! Feminist bicon Evelyn Hugo is jaw dropping amazing. This book touched on so many amazing topics and it was so powerful. The story was compelling and you never knew what was going to happen next. Absolute page turn, I couldn't put it down. This book had such a full circle moment and the and it was satisfying yet so sad when the reveal was made at the end. I don't have enough words to describe how much this book means to me. The writing style was beautiful and I will forever keep the words "I had the devastating luxury of panic" close to my heart. 100% recommend to anyone. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abortion, Alcoholism, Blood, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Lesbophobia, Grief, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Death, Child death, Cancer, Outing, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Racism, Pregnancy, and Child abuse