Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

2813 reviews

zediant's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Death, and Homophobia

Moderate: Drug use and Racism

louisa_pre's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

Ich habe das Buch wegen des Hypes angefangen und kann sagen es ist den Hype wert. Es ist definitiv nicht mein Go-to Genre. Obwohl ich auch nicht weiß in welches Genre ich es einordnen würde. Das Buch ist im Prinzip wie eine fiktive biographie geschrieben. Man erfährt alles über das Leben von Evelyn Hugo, die ihr Leben in vollen Zügen gelebt hat. Evelyn Hugo hat alles getan was nötig war, um an die Spitze zu kommen. Wenn sie eines nicht war, dann ist es naiv, sie verstand wie die Welt funktionierte und machte es sich zu nutzen. Sie erlebte Liebe, Leid, Glück, Ruhm, Verlust, 7 Ehen, das  Muttersein und alles was das Leben zu bieten hat. Was ich an dem Buch so mochte, war, dass ich an keinem Punkt geahnt habe, wie die Geschichte enden wird. Der Leser erfährt auch von Monique, die Evelyns Biografie auf ihren Wunsch schreiben soll. Doch warum ausgerechnet Monique das Buch schreiben soll erfährt man erst am Ende. Mir hat der Schreibstil auch sehr gefallen und wie das Buch aufgebaut war. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Suicide, Cancer, Car accident, Abortion, Alcoholism, and Sexism

maiamill's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective relaxing 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

what’s that meme where lady gaga lists a whole bunch of accolades? that’s how I feel rn

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Mental illness and Addiction

Minor: Homophobia

maritareads's review

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

It felt like Carrie Soto was a copy of Evelyn, but why does this writer keep writing about white latin women and pretending the world sees them as brown?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Cancer, Domestic abuse, and Car accident

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Lesbophobia, Alcoholism, and Biphobia

Minor: Suicide, Drug abuse, and Abortion

madisynn's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Biphobia, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, and Homophobia

Minor: Cancer and Car accident

lulusreads's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Car accident

Moderate: Misogyny, Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Homophobia, Outing, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Lesbophobia, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Pregnancy, and Biphobia

bellasierra's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Biphobia, Car accident, Domestic abuse, and Homophobia

Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Addiction, Chronic illness, Death, Abortion, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Outing and Suicide

yourdelulureader's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

OH. MY. EFFING. GODS. This book was to gosh darn good. I was legitimately sobbing at the end 😭 193736367271812928/10 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Biphobia

glund_01's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Suicide and Biphobia

jillyclaire23's review against another edition

emotional

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

I liked this book. Reid’s books have a clickbait quality since they focus on celebrities and their inner lives, but when I read books I am usually looking for something else, so the topic doesn’t really interest me. This book was kind of boring to me (husband after husband ughhhh) until the friendships and

gay

love stories came to be, and then I was invested in the characters (Harry). I liked that this book goes deeper into topics of race, class, queerness, gender, patriarchy, domestic abuse, etc. The author made a seemingly superficial subject much more nuanced and real, which I respect. Still though, not my favorite.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Homophobia, Biphobia, Cancer, and Domestic abuse