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Los siete maridos de Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

130 reviews

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

greentearex's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Lesbophobia, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Miscarriage, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, and Classism

cyndee76's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

Best book I’ve read in a while.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

vinyadoggeroo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Loved this book, couldn't put it down. Want to reread it again after the reveal at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Acephobia/Arophobia, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Body shaming, Death, Abortion, and Death of parent

Ok I got tired of classifying which trigger warnings are minor or major so put almost all of them as moderate. Based on the trigger list the book might seem intimidating

ammah's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is not about her seven husbands at all. It is a really heartbreaking story, and I would have absolutely picked it up sooner if I knew what it was truly about. But that being said, the surprise was so much better, so I also recommend going into this as blind as I did.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, and Abortion

ducky_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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

3.75

The way in which Evelyn had me rooting then despising throughout the entirety of this novel. Just like Monique. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Rape, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Suicide attempt

jenniferbowman's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Incest, Abortion, and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Sexual assault

stindex's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

Oh wow boobs. That’s basically it, but even this review is more insightful than the whole book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

poisonviolet's review against another edition

mysterious reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

densorterytter's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing slow-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

4.5

I fear my brain, and its biases, was somewhat deceived by the cover and title of this book. My mind immediately categorized it as what the Norwegians jokingly, but commonly, refer to as “husmorsporno»(*) literally translating to “housewife’s porn”(see below) This beautiful story, certainly wasn’t that.

I found "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo” to be really very engaging - and that without needing to rely on either shock value, heavy spice or any other stereotypical romantic trope. I found myself wildly curious, fully immersed, and unable to stop reading - and yet I wasn’t at the edge of my seat(without that being a bad thing!) My feelings while reading where: interested while still being relaxed and truly content with the pace of the story unfolding.

Simply put: I did not want the book to end - yet I had to know what came next.

(*)”Husmorsporno»: romantic/semi-spicy books by mostly non-famous authors targeting the wet dreams and hidden fantasies of somewhat bored, sometimes slightly lonely, and oftentimes mature women. Example: “Fifty Shades of Grey” had it not made it to the masses.
The books are almost always (only) sold in supermarkets near the checkout counter and features covers with shirtless men and swooning ladies(oftentimes in gardens in front of mansions) on the cover. Typical cover art: https://images.app.goo.gl/SHem5ZRgU4hVokqU7

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment