A review by dtierra
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, by Taylor Jenkins Reid
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Wow…this book. Definitely one of my favorites I’ve read in a long time. Evelyn is an incredibly complex character. The book makes that clear and wow, do they deliver on that claim. At the beginning of the book, I struggled to understand the narrator and her importance but was absolutely sold by the end. This book is beautiful and heartbreaking and wonderful. I don’t know if calling it a romance encapsulates the book. It’s absolutely a sapphic story but it’s about love, grief, loss, pride, and pain as well. Would highly recommend , lives up to the hype!
Graphic: Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Toxic relationship, Injury/injury detail, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Addiction, Misogyny, Infidelity, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Rape, Death, Physical abuse, Lesbophobia, and Biphobia
Moderate: Suicide, Violence, Outing, Abortion, Vomit, Terminal illness, Racism, Classism, Xenophobia, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Blood, Infertility, Pregnancy, Police brutality, and Medical content