A review by morganreads31
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

emotional reflective sad tense 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? Yes

3.75

After hearing about this book so positively for so long, I was finally able to read it and see what the hype was about. I can honestly say that I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and thought the story was entertaining, romantic, and tragic at points. 

That being said, I do feel that character and plot development was sacrificed for other story lines that didn’t really contribute much to the overall story. I felt the author working to connect Monique and Evelyn on a more profound level did nothing to move to story forward and if anything, took away from the overall story. I would’ve loved to read this book as just an Evelyn Hugo story with no distractions about Monique and her life. 

The love story in this book, while captivating and endearing, fell sort of flat for me. I read many times about how beautiful characters were, but didn’t get to know them much beyond Evelyn’s physical descriptions of them. It made it hard to connect with any character other than Evelyn. As I type this, maybe that was the point?

Either way, this was a very enjoyable read but it didn’t feel as profound or life changing of a read as I anticipated from previous reviews. 
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