Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Los siete maridos de Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

1947 reviews

andysanzz_'s review against another edition

emotional inspiring fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, and Classism

hazel_georgene's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Infidelity, Suicide, Abortion, and Pregnancy

jlg1's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

Part of me wanted Evelyn to be real but she also treats people as disposable so often.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Cancer, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Infertility, Misogyny, and Car accident

bucklace27's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Death, and Homophobia

Moderate: Alcoholism and Suicide

Minor: Cancer and Abortion

mil_'s review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Violence, Car accident, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism and Suicide

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

ryendnae's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Infidelity, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Pregnancy

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