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Los siete maridos de Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

126 reviews

lilylovestoread's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Vomit and Abortion

whenmalanereads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

"I know the world prefers a woman who doesn't know her power, but I'm sick of that."
"The world doesn't give you things, you takes things."
"That's what I traded my virginity for...a ride to Hollywood."
"And it will be the tragedy of my life that I cannot love you enough to make you mine."
"Make them pay you what they would pay a white man."


I have to be very honest.  I started this book with the paperback copy and I couldn't get into it. It was slow-paced and I abandoned it for another book. This was last year. 

I'm happy to say I came back and finished the book. Clearly. Just in audio book format. I REALLY loved the audio book. I adored the narrators and I was very endeared with the voice of Evelyn. It in a way reminded me of my nanny's voice. The way words would be inflected and the way the sassy attitude comes out in tone of voice. 

I always loved the idea of this book and I'm glad I circled back to it sometime later. I found the old Hollywood glamour fun and exciting. I would think I knew where it was going and then be wrong. Which I appreciate in a book. Though about halfway through I did figure it all out. 

While I didn't particularly connect with any one character, I found myself being drawn to almost all of them. Except Don. Iykyk. 

I found times where the book was quite sad and I found times where I was laughing to myself. It was such a descriptive book that I really felt immersed into the world of Evelyn Hugo. I felt like I could have been at an Oscars event or on the red carpet or being a fan seeing her in an ice cream shop.

I thought her love for her friends and lovers was so genuine even though she could sometimes be going astray and I would find myself thinking "Oh my god Evelyn. Don't do that." It was interesting that Evelyn would go to the lengths she did to be with her one true love. 

I fiercely recommend this book. It is well worth the hype and you won't regret it. While I do recommend it in audio book form, I think however you prefer to partake you won't be disappointed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

gracecleo's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Biphobia, Cancer, Homophobia, and Car accident

Minor: Blood, Medical content, and Pregnancy

booksnug's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Blood, Car accident, and Pregnancy

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, Medical content, and Abortion

moond4ncer's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcoholism and Child death

Minor: Miscarriage, Medical content, and Pregnancy

khucc's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Child death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Suicide and Pregnancy

Minor: Addiction, Cursing, Sexual content, Abortion, and Alcohol

samshort's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring sad tense medium-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

4.25

great book, very interesting. i love the style of writing interspersed with relevant news articles. i think evelyn is very complex and real. i wish monique's story had more presence throughout the book, although i understand the focus was primarily evelyn.

my only other qualm was that celia's characterization seemed to shift weirdly during their second relationship, maybe that's just me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Infidelity, and Racism

Minor: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Abortion, Pregnancy, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

lindsay424's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

This book was so emotional and had me crying so much at one point.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Outing

andmingmingtoo's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.75

I love old hollywood, and I love scheming female leads, and this book combines them in a wonderful way. It was also unexpectedly emotionally impactful, and even the

ambiguity of the ending, in terms of how monique feels about evelyn

really fits in with the theme of appreciating the complexity of a life, especially of a star off-camera.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Medical content, Outing, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage, Abortion, and Pregnancy

town_scar's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Racism, Death of parent, and Outing

Minor: Drug use, Vomit, and Pregnancy