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The first few chapters left me a bit skeptical. The writing didn’t quite capture my interest and it felt a bit clunky at times. However! Once the narrative shifted to portray Evelyn’s story I noticed a significant shift, and I was hooked. It felt like this was what the author had been excited to write about, that she had something important to say.

There is representation of different ethnicities as well as sexualities, and while at times it felt a little bit forced the majority of it worked really well. I was especially pleasantly surprised at how well a certain part of an LGBTQ character was written (keeping it vague to avoid spoilers). That specific moment didn’t just feel like good represenation, it was simply put good writing. So good in fact that I insisted on reading it out loud to my partner as it made me really emotional.

Beyond representation the book portrays several unique and complicated characters, and they feel incredibly realistic and human in their flaws. Evelyn Hugo herself was a very fascinating character, and the author did an amazing job at writing the character’s best and worst moments in a way where she makes you feel both upset and compassionate.

I’d recommend the book to practically anyone. It was easy to read, the text flowed well most of the time, and it felt like it was written by someone who was very passionate about this story.

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emotional reflective sad fast-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

I truly understand the hype over this book. Taylor Jenkins Reid did such an amazing job with this book. It was not all what I expected going, but so much better. I flew through book but I wish I had paced myself. The last third is heavy and emotional so I definitely recommend not rushing through it. There’s a theme I typically hate when done in other books, but Reid does it very gracefully.

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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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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

Oh, I know the whole world prefers a woman who doesn’t know her power, but I’m sick of all that. (p. 35)

Who was the love of Evelyn’s life? (p. 36)

I liked this book! Very dynamic dialogue-focused storytelling and lots of foreshadowing (including through metaphors). Messages were great too.

I thought the name of the novel was a particularly interesting choice on the author’s part, as the novel’s focus is Evelyn and her story.

Most of the husbands just happen to be there to further the plot and Evelyn’s character development rather than be well-developed characters themselves.

Evelyn was a very interesting character to read about—

a very calculating and ambitious individual, and yet not dislikeable.

I thought the character development was great,

and it was so sweet to see her find her way and discover love in the end. The love of her life question was revealed so nicely.

I didn’t like the plot twist at the end too much though… I think I felt a bit disconnected with the narrator, Monique, throughout the story,

so when Evelyn revealed what happened to James Grant, I was wondering who that was and why Monique was shocked…

Although it is a character-focused novel, I think I would have liked to see some more historical aspects outside of gender roles and life as an old Hollywood film star (although those topics were pretty well done!).

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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

4.5

Solid 4.5⭐️

Taylor Jenkins Reid has definitely found a niche that works perfectly for her style of writing. This felt somewhat familiar because just like Daisy Jones and the Six. We have strong female protagonists that is being interviewed about her past and uses that monologue to leave life lessons for the reader.

Taylor has a way of blurring the line of history and fiction, to where she might almost have you fooled that you are reading a non-fiction.

Some of the themes of this book were personally a little much for me, and I figured out the twist as she was telling it, but I was still throughly entertained.

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