Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Los siete maridos de Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

115 reviews

sierrabowers's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-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

5.0

I loved this book! I was so surprised at how much I was sucked into the life of old Hollywood and movie stars. I didn’t think I would enjoy this book as much as I did because it was out of the genre range of books that I typically go for, but wow what a refreshing surprise. This book was so fast paced and I couldn’t get enough of it. The plot twists in the last hundred pages were so good that I had to finish it that day. I would recommend this to anyone, even if you don’t think you’ll like it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Outing, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

lynnsbookshop's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was absolutely incredible. I cannot express how much love this book! Feminist bicon Evelyn Hugo is jaw dropping amazing. This book touched on so many amazing topics and it was so powerful. The story was compelling and you never knew what was going to happen next. Absolute page turn, I couldn't put it down. This book had such a full circle moment and the and it was satisfying yet so sad when the reveal was made at the end. I don't have enough words to describe how much this book means to me. The writing style was beautiful and I will forever keep the words "I had the devastating luxury of panic" close to my heart. 100% recommend to anyone. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

jjjjo's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad slow-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: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Biphobia, Cancer, and Homophobia

kunma's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

The storyline of this book is really good, but there were a few parts that needed work, like when

Evelyn made up the scenario of her miscarriage, it obviously wasn't believable in any way because it wasn't even logical. It's not like the doctor would know before her she had a miscarriage.

That's why I'm only giving it 4.5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, Miscarriage, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide, Blood, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

mgkrbs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective slow-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. A friend recommended me this book, and at first it was a little hard for me to get into. But once I got into it, I loved it. I love a good character development based book, and although Evelyn didn’t necessarily develop into a great person by the end of the book, seeing her evolution was very interesting. I loved harry, and Cecilia, and all of these characters felt so unbelievably real. I also loved hearing about the old Hollywood experience. What an enjoyable read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Cancer, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Car accident, Abortion, and Abandonment

leannemayieee's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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

Minor: Violence, Abandonment, and Alcohol

mysterychild13's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Suicide

Moderate: Eating disorder, Death of parent, and Abandonment

wackzo's review against another edition

emotional informative tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

charming_killerqueen's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Misogyny, and Abandonment

Moderate: Biphobia and Homophobia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, and Outing

avaa_reads's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense 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

Everyone was telling me to “WAIT FOR THE PLOT TWIST.” The final plot twist (personal opinion) was initially shocking; then it wasn’t… However definitely still and interesting twist.
I also predicted three very large parts of the book- but I don’t hold that against the book because in all honesty I loved it. I’d give it 4.25/5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Outing, Gaslighting, and Alcohol