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Los siete maridos de Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
1092 reviews
mcc004's review against another edition
- 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
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
eedle_cacleberry's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual assault, and Grief
Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Car accident, and Alcohol
Minor: Misogyny, Abortion, and Gaslighting
lalu's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
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.
But overall I enjoyed reading this book immensely so I'm really torn about how to rate and feel about it.
Graphic: Biphobia, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Car accident
Moderate: Addiction, Misogyny, Suicide, Terminal illness, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment
junebug_186's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, and Terminal illness
cloverpatchreads's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Biphobia, Death, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Lesbophobia
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Blood, Outing, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Cursing, Infidelity, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Grief
lonka's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, and Car accident
hanna_23's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Domestic abuse
Minor: Sexual assault, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Abortion
bringitona's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Infidelity, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Drug use, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicide, Abortion, Death of parent, and Outing
unoriginalusername's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Alcohol
Minor: Biphobia, Cancer, Child death, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
amalas_bookstop's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Abortion, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Drug use, Mental illness, Suicide, and Car accident