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Los siete maridos de Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

625 reviews

lalu's review against another edition

emotional

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

3.5

I'm not sure how to rate this... I read it within 4 days which is really fast for me, and I cried twice which almost never happens. 

Maybe it was the way the book was written. I really like the chapters where Evelyn and Monique interacted, but I still don't get if the other chapters were meant to be monologues by Evelyn, flashbacks, or chapters from the biography. And I feel like I didn't really get to know the characters apart from Monique, Evelyn and Harry. They felt rather two dimensional, even Celia and Connor. That might have been a stylistic choice because Evelyn's perception was very much centered on herself, but I still didn't like it. It diminished the effect of a novel that spans decades, something I normally love because I feel like I really get to know all the characters. 

And even though they were rare, I really hated these ominous foreshadowing bits like

I have no idea that in less than a week, Evelyn Hugo will finish her story, and I'll find out what this has all been about, and I will hate her so much that I'll be truly afraid I might kill her. 

Also the car accident and the big secret felt kinda forced, a bit like an afterthought to add more drama? 

But overall I enjoyed reading this book immensely so I'm really torn about how to rate and feel about it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Car accident

Moderate: Addiction, Misogyny, Suicide, Terminal illness, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

lolz_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Alcohol

issy_jacob's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide and Pregnancy

liksie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative 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

✨️WOW✨️
'Evelyn, wer war Ihre große Liebe?'

Dieses Buch war so viel besser als ich erwartet hatte! Ich kann gar nicht in Worte fassen, wie gut ich es fand. Ich dachte es könnte vielleicht ein wenig langweilig werden und war skeptisch vom Internet-hype. Aber schon der Schreibstil des Buches hat mir sehr gefallen. Die Abwechslung der Kapitel hat es zu einem fast read gemacht und die Artikel zwischendrin haben das Lesen erleichtert. 

"Sie werden es nicht versuchen. [...] Keiner will Menschen wie uns verstehen."

However ich habe bei diesem Buch tatsächlich mehrfach ein paar Tränen verloren XD. Definitiv ein emotionales, aufregendes und spannendes Buch mit Plottwists, Herzschmerz und realen Krisen.  

"Wir könnten im Gefängnis oder in einer psychatrischen Anstalt enden. Verstehst du das? Wir könnten eingewiesen werden. So weit hergeholt ist das nicht. So etwas kommt vor. Auf jeden Fall kannst du dich darauf verlassen, dass Niemand mehr unsere Anrufe beantworten würde."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, and Alcohol

noodledogbert's review against another edition

3.25

Love a bi-con main character. Rags to riches Hollywood story told by multiple character viewpoints, including Evelyn herself to the woman shes chosen to write her memoirs. (and WHY has she chosen her?!)

Very readable and soapy - heartbreaking at times and woven together by the idea of a one-great love. Representation of queerness, race and social issues of the time is pretty surface level. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Homophobia

Minor: Physical abuse and Suicidal thoughts

mrsbookraven's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

This book destroyed me emotionally.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Biphobia, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Lesbophobia

thelinusthecat's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Car accident, and Death of parent

katepruett's review against another edition

hopeful reflective 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

3.75

knowing there are all different types of great loves out there, is enough for me for now.

i don’t know if i loved this book or not, but the plot twist at the end did get me!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Car accident

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Suicide, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Outing

karalyndawn's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

”I'm bisexual. Don't ignore half of me so you can fit me into a box” 

Finally, finally, finally! Representation for a bisexual woman in a best selling book. I loved this novel sooo much and being bisexual could relate to Evelyn’s story in many ways.

“ The novel was so beautiful, funny and heartbreaking. I really enjoyed the style - from the news articles to the sections of each husband. The novel wasn’t what I expected, it was better. I will recommend this book over and over. Definitely made my top 5! I am obsessed with Evelyn Hugo.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

chelsbc97's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

I loved this book! I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I was not disappointed. It’s heartfelt, it’s surprising, there’s unexpected twists, it touches on a lot of important and controversial topics, and it does it all beautifully. I fell in love with the characters and became emotionally invested, to the point of actually shedding tears for them at the end of Evelyn’s story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Suicide, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Car accident, Abortion, and Alcohol