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Los siete maridos de Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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lalu's review against another edition

emotional

Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I'm not sure how to rate this... I read it within 4 days which is really fast for me, and I cried twice which almost never happens.

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.

Also the car accident and the big secret felt kinda forced, a bit like an afterthought to add more drama?

But overall I enjoyed reading this book immensely so I'm really torn about how to rate and feel about it.

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massivechuushits's review against another edition

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dark funny hopeful 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

4.5

ok so this book was fire. it got a lot of hype from the horde of lesbians and I can say with confidence that it lived up to it.

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cloverpatchreads's review against another edition

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emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

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issy_jacob's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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stitchwilliam's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.0

Oh, I know the whole world prefers a woman who doesn’t know her power, but I’m sick of all that. (p. 35)

Who was the love of Evelyn’s life? (p. 36)

I liked this book! Very dynamic dialogue-focused storytelling and lots of foreshadowing (including through metaphors). Messages were great too.

I thought the name of the novel was a particularly interesting choice on the author’s part, as the novel’s focus is Evelyn and her story.

Most of the husbands just happen to be there to further the plot and Evelyn’s character development rather than be well-developed characters themselves.

Evelyn was a very interesting character to read about—

a very calculating and ambitious individual, and yet not dislikeable.

I thought the character development was great,

and it was so sweet to see her find her way and discover love in the end. The love of her life question was revealed so nicely.

I didn’t like the plot twist at the end too much though… I think I felt a bit disconnected with the narrator, Monique, throughout the story,

so when Evelyn revealed what happened to James Grant, I was wondering who that was and why Monique was shocked…

Although it is a character-focused novel, I think I would have liked to see some more historical aspects outside of gender roles and life as an old Hollywood film star (although those topics were pretty well done!).

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thelibraryofjen's review against another edition

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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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