A review by bean_7088
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
sad
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
4.0
Life of a biracial queer Hollywood star throughout their life.
*spoiler review*
It was really nice having so much bisexual representation and how frustrating it is when people assume about you.
I love Evelyn's calculating cunning and all she did to preserve her life and livelihood.
I'm really happy I had some education about that period of Hollywood thanks to Be Kind Rewind on YouTube, made it a little easier to understand some of the Hollywood politics of the time.
While Evelyn loved Celia, I didn't. I was just as frustrated as Evelyn in a lot of their big fights.
Harry was lovely, other than after John Harry... NOT COOL HARRY
I really don't know how I feel about how race was brought into things? I'm definitely not an expert, and very white myself, but it stood out in a way that was clear it was not written by someone with experience. It stood out enough for me to explicitly comment on it.
I still really enjoyed the story from the queer perspective.
*spoiler review*
It was really nice having so much bisexual representation and how frustrating it is when people assume about you.
I love Evelyn's calculating cunning and all she did to preserve her life and livelihood.
I'm really happy I had some education about that period of Hollywood thanks to Be Kind Rewind on YouTube, made it a little easier to understand some of the Hollywood politics of the time.
While Evelyn loved Celia, I didn't. I was just as frustrated as Evelyn in a lot of their big fights.
Harry was lovely, other than after John Harry... NOT COOL HARRY
I really don't know how I feel about how race was brought into things? I'm definitely not an expert, and very white myself, but it stood out in a way that was clear it was not written by someone with experience. It stood out enough for me to explicitly comment on it.
I still really enjoyed the story from the queer perspective.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Biphobia, Car accident, Domestic abuse, and Homophobia
Moderate: Racism
A lof of Biphobia as one of the characters is bi and shares their experiences.
One of the husband's is abusive
Two main bi-racial characters written by a white woman