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Die sieben Männer der Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

210 reviews

thea_maarup's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I don’t think I’ve ever read such an impactful book. I’m almost too stunned to think rn. There’s so much to take away from this and I feel as though I’ve just had years worth of life experience in these 24 hours. I love this book. It’s genius and unlike any I’ve read before. I was crying non-stop the last few chapters too.😪😮‍💨 I will be thinking about this indefinitely. At least, it will definitely distract me from my nearing exam(this is a bad thing, my mother would say).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Drug abuse

sbilanin14's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Suicide

ebreheny25's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

This book emotionally wrecked me and I don’t think I could be more grateful for it. You can tell it was made with so much heart and care for the characters. Evelyn is the mysterious starlet you come to know and love. You come to love Monique quickly and deeply, almost as much as you end up caring for her. The mix of the two is so fun to read and makes the story so interesting. The conflict at the end hits you so hard but leads to a great conversation about grieving and how memories affect our opinions of other people. The only reason it’s not a 5-star is cause I found some of the pacing wonky and it took more time than anticipated to get into. But, I would recommend it to anyone and everyone. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Biphobia, Cancer, Suicide, and Lesbophobia

maritareads's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

It felt like Carrie Soto was a copy of Evelyn, but why does this writer keep writing about white latin women and pretending the world sees them as brown?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Car accident

Moderate: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Homophobia, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Drug abuse, Suicide, and Abortion

danielnski's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad fast-paced

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

5.0

This book is mesmerizing from start to finish. I loved the old Hollywood references, the voice Jenkins Reid gave to Evelyn, and how it felt accurate to the character and the time she would have lived in without feeling dated or out of touch. I really couldn't put it down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Outing, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, 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

wavykt's review against another edition

inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Wow. Read this one in two days. I couldn’t put it down. Not at all what I expected it to be. Love the complexity of both loving/empathizing with Evelyn and also completely not understanding/disliking her. Complex characters going through complex things. But also put in a matter of fact way (or maybe it’s because it’s someone telling about their past?) so that you don’t sit there disagreeing with the path the author chose. It doesn’t feel like ‘a path the author chose’, rather these feel like real people. 

I’m seeing that there’s to be a Netflix adaptation of the book. Books to movies don’t always turn out well, but I think this could be done very well if given a good budget. Nervously excited to see what comes of it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Cancer, Child death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Racism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Car accident, Abortion, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

julierambaeck's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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

This was a smart book. Quite similar to "Daisy Jones and the Six" but still distinguishable. I really liked the characters, not one of them was 100% good. Everyone was flawed and did terrible things but you come to care for them anyways. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Toxic relationship, and Car accident

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Suicide, Grief, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Death of parent

mobymaize's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

Evelyn Hugo is a quintessential fictional biography that has consumed my waking moments. If you do anything, it should be to read this novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Miscarriage