Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Die sieben Männer der Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

209 reviews

sebradley29's review against another edition

emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

marymik2013's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

This story gave me a perspective on fame I never considered. After reading this, I have so much more empathy for celebrities. I catch myself speculating their decisions, news articles, etc. and pausing to realize that I have no idea who these people are and that I can’t pass judgement on them because of that. I’m so glad I read this.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

dolphinchick93's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

To love a woman like Celia St. James

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Grief, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Moderate: Biphobia, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Outing, and Classism

depressed_cat07's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

This was a reread from 2017 when I first read the book (which was also the time that the book was not that famous as it is now), and I feel that the book still holds up! I swear TJR laced this book with drugs- fast paced, easily readable, with a central character I couldn't take my attention away from, and heartbreaking too. Still has some sour spots here and there but overall a great book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Abortion, and Alcohol

moltedmilk's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

5.0

Beautiful story, I read this really fast and I am usually a slow reader. I loved how complex Evelyn’s character is. Such a good book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

badbadwolf's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

emjay2021's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.5

Absolute page turner. If you had asked me before if I was that interested in the lives of Golden Age Hollywood movie stars, I would have said, eh, not really. But I could not put this down and essentially read it in two sittings. The story works like this: Monique Grant, a junior writer at a Vanity Fair type magazine, is given a plum writing assignment, a cover story on the glamorous 80 year old former movie star Evelyn Hugo. It turns out Evelyn asked for Monique specifically but won’t reveal exactly why. So, Monique turns up at Evelyn’s New York apartment and hears her life story, warts and all. Interspersed with Evelyn’s rags-to-Hollywood-riches story are snippets from Monique’s life: newly separated from her husband, who has moved from New York to San Francisco for a job.

I thought the parts with Evelyn far outshone the bits with Monique. But we do discover by the end why Evelyn chose Monique specifically, and the book earns back a little bit with that ending.

I thought it was an excellent yarn, and the way the story was told (first person narrative by Evelyn for the most part) was a wise choice. You really do feel like an old movie star is telling you about her life.

There’s nothing particularly earthshaking in here, but that said, I was pleasantly surprised at how much of the narrative addressed social issues like homophobia, racism, and sexism. I was also a little surprised at just how moved I was by the ending of the book.

I enjoyed this at least as much as Daisy Jones and the Six, maybe a little more. I didn’t listen to it as an audiobook but I bet it would be a good one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism and Abortion

celery's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

3.75

the plot twist was stupid and I was bored most of the time but I did cry

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

bxnny's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Outing

Minor: Sexual assault

janka05's review

emotional 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: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Car accident

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Suicide, Abortion, and Death of parent