Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Los siete maridos de Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

1925 reviews

mcc004's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Domestic abuse, and Car accident

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Death, Homophobia, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Incest, Miscarriage, and Pedophilia

morganreads31's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

3.75

After hearing about this book so positively for so long, I was finally able to read it and see what the hype was about. I can honestly say that I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and thought the story was entertaining, romantic, and tragic at points. 

That being said, I do feel that character and plot development was sacrificed for other story lines that didn’t really contribute much to the overall story. I felt the author working to connect Monique and Evelyn on a more profound level did nothing to move to story forward and if anything, took away from the overall story. I would’ve loved to read this book as just an Evelyn Hugo story with no distractions about Monique and her life. 

The love story in this book, while captivating and endearing, fell sort of flat for me. I read many times about how beautiful characters were, but didn’t get to know them much beyond Evelyn’s physical descriptions of them. It made it hard to connect with any character other than Evelyn. As I type this, maybe that was the point?

Either way, this was a very enjoyable read but it didn’t feel as profound or life changing of a read as I anticipated from previous reviews. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Alcoholism

thequillhand's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Grief, and Lesbophobia

nanatash's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.75

I inhaled this book in a day. Loved the complex characters and how you couldn’t really feel just one emotion for any character. Felt like they were all very well rounded and multidimensional. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

xeniba's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Biphobia, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, and Infidelity

nuzwoman's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Homophobia, and Death of parent

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

livaausma's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Homophobia, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

uh_havey's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism and Homophobia

Minor: Cancer, Suicide, Car accident, and Abortion