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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

87 reviews

esterix's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

If I could marry a book, I would marry this book. I think it deserves all of it’s hype, and is a true masterpiece.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Abortion, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Drug use

rensreading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense 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? Yes

5.0

wow. i feel like i have so much to say about the journey this book took me on but that i also have no idea how to say any of it. i haven’t bawled big ugly tears while reading a book in literal years. it happened here though. multiple times. i loved every character in this, how complex they were, and how raw it all felt.

harry and evelyn were the relationship that spoke to me the most. i understand the notion of marrying your best friend, starting a family together, and then bonding in such a way that exceeds the traditional standards for relationships. queerplatonic relationships are so much more common than people think and i LOVE that one had a chance to shine here. this book, in general, was full to the brim with so much queerness and i absolutely adored that.

booktok gave this book so much hype but it was truly well deserved. everyone may not agree because the writing style isn’t to their liking or its just too much for them to stomach and that’s totally fine. this book isn’t for everyone and that’s okay too.

this is one of my favorites though. of this year, this decade. my life maybe. guess we’ll see how i feel about it after i re-read it in like a year’s time lol

5 stars all around from me!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

Minor: Addiction, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Suicide, and Abortion

There is a lot here that is a hard pill to swallow. Please look at all the trigger warnings carefully!

miryame's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Abortion

auroralcrow's review against another edition

I didn't enjoy the main character's internal monologue and the book had too many references to thinness equating to beauty in the first chapters of the book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder and Fatphobia

skudiklier's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

I went into this book knowing nothing, and right from the beginning I couldn't put it down. I read this in a single day--less than twelve hours, during which I had things to do (like, uh, work). I really enjoyed almost everything about this book, and would definitely recommend it, especially for the queer aspects and the way it brings together the past and present in the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Outing, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Incest, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Death of parent, and War

susasa88's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

Old Hollywood is a great setting for romance. Peeking behind the curtain to see what scandals are and aren’t talked about in Hollywood is fascinating. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Car accident, Abortion, and Death of parent

taymorton20's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

5.0

I absolutely adored this book. It made me laugh, cry, gasp and cheer out loud! It reads like you’re watching a fantastic biopic. The characters were so well written that I felt like I was a part of the story sometimes, which made me so sad to finish this book. Great LGBTQ and BIPOC representation. Great stand alone novel. I will be recommending this book for years!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Suicide, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Cancer and Domestic abuse

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, and Gaslighting

strawberryteaii's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I love and feel such a connection to Evelyn Hugo, despite her flaws and obviously having a much more difficult and dramatic life to me. I feel it wrapped up very nicely and was both much how, and nothing at all, like I predicted it to end. 
Everyone in this book is so deeply complex and well written and I love them all but they all give me grief and headaches. And I can't think of anything more real than that. 
It feels like Marilyn Monroe, every devastating Taylor Swift song  and the heartache of being sapphic came together and wrote a book. 

Some Evelyn quotes to further inspire you to read this masterpiece:

to be honest, I would have thrown every single one of them in front of a moving train to get a part. And I think they would have done the same to me.

Be wary of men with something to prove. 

Heartbreak is loss. Divorce is a piece of paper

All this being said I do have one issue with this book that I have yet to see addressed.

TW: eating disorders, fat shaming,

suicide

Throughout the book there were instances that promoted valuing being thin, and doing what it takes to get that, and moments were characters look back in shame on moments were they were chubbier. Was not a fan of that at all. I kept waiting for the book to address it, for it to say something reflective about Evelyn and Celia's subtle eating disorders, for it to be something Evelyn regrets in a way, or at least discourages. This book is very heavy on talk about body and using your body and what its value is, and I never ever saw a warning on any recommendation videos I saw. That was strange to me. I also feel like there should've been more mention of Evelyn's decision at the end of the book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Biphobia, Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Abortion, and Sexual harassment

sadetin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

recycled_personalities's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

4.5

It’s a very well written book and I do genuinely recommend it with all my heart. However, it is not void of flaws. I strongly recommend seeking out some opinions from POC (especially Latinx and Black POC) about this book and how it talks about race before reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism