A review by bookdragonenby
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, by Taylor Jenkins Reid

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative 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

4.25

This book can be a lot of drama, the heartbreak is constant. I feel for Evelyn and this is a wonderful tale of love and loss. It opened my eyes to how quickly life can go speed past us. Inspiring and instilling a priority of loved ones that I greatly needed. The story is well written with rounded characters and a thorough telling of Evelyn's life. Overall I enjoyed reading this story and seeing how different the world was and still is about the others of our world.
Spoiler I hated how Harry died, wishing for him to live happily after John died. Evelyn was wrong on so many levels for how she handled Harry's accident, I sympathize with her predicament losing a soul mate is never easy. The raw look at assault and abuse that takes place in the book was eye opening for me at how normalized it was for people at the time to hide the abuse and assault that they were faced with. Evelyn selling herself over the years to become what she wanted, to leave her sad life behind. Is bravery and using the resources given to you wisely.
She was flawed, selfish, and stubborn through out all her years. But she knew that and used that to her advantage like any man would and did. Like 'Goddamn' Don Adler did his entire existence.
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