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Los siete maridos de Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

1147 reviews

thelibraryofjen's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Wow. Evelyn Hugo feels to me like a real icon. When reading It felt so real, I thought she was a real person in my head. This story crosses the line between fiction and real life. The love story between two queer people in the early 50’s to the 90’s was so beautiful written. I understand the hype around this book. This was a roller coster of emotions, that I feel everybody needs to read at least once. The racial discrimination in this book, forcing people of color to hide there true self. Reallly represents what hollywood standed for back then. The topics of AIDS and how queer people could be punished back then was also well written. This book is for people to feel SEEN and to be their true authentic self. Don’t coware away from who you truely are, don’t like you life in regret. Evelyn Hugo was a raw and sometimes bad person, as well as an icon, but most of all she was human. That is what drove this story, she felt so human to be I couldn’t help but sympathize  with her. AND THE ENDING HELLO ? Wow. I want this to be a movie or tv show ASAP. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

amalas_bookstop's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny reflective 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

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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Content Warnings

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

sanskritig's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Lesbophobia

mrsbookraven's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

This book destroyed me emotionally.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Biphobia, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Lesbophobia

smanuel21's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Suicide, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Abortion

remery3's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Grief, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Domestic abuse, Suicide, Abortion, and Outing

katepruett's review against another edition

hopeful reflective 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

3.75

knowing there are all different types of great loves out there, is enough for me for now.

i don’t know if i loved this book or not, but the plot twist at the end did get me!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Car accident

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Suicide, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Outing

bethroseellis's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Grief, and Lesbophobia

karalyndawn's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

”I'm bisexual. Don't ignore half of me so you can fit me into a box” 

Finally, finally, finally! Representation for a bisexual woman in a best selling book. I loved this novel sooo much and being bisexual could relate to Evelyn’s story in many ways.

“ The novel was so beautiful, funny and heartbreaking. I really enjoyed the style - from the news articles to the sections of each husband. The novel wasn’t what I expected, it was better. I will recommend this book over and over. Definitely made my top 5! I am obsessed with Evelyn Hugo.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

chelsbc97's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

5.0

I loved this book! I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I was not disappointed. It’s heartfelt, it’s surprising, there’s unexpected twists, it touches on a lot of important and controversial topics, and it does it all beautifully. I fell in love with the characters and became emotionally invested, to the point of actually shedding tears for them at the end of Evelyn’s story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Suicide, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Car accident, Abortion, and Alcohol