Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

118 reviews

anielabooks'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

4.5

I very much enjoyed this book. I saw the plot twist coming, but I was still interested in getting to the end. The format was original and intriguing. I’m reminded of Reid’s other book Daisy Jones and the Six with its interview format. It’s not exaggerated to say the Reid has a great skill at untraditional storytelling methods. I would definitely recommend this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Biphobia, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Grief, Car accident, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Infidelity

Minor: Rape, Sexism, Abortion, Blood, Cursing, Misogyny, Outing, Pregnancy, Drug use, Gaslighting, Infertility, Sexual assault, Abandonment, and Sexual content

victaphone's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense

• 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? It's complicated

3.0

Rq

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Violence, and Infidelity

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Biphobia and Terminal illness

sierrabowers's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-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

I loved this book! I was so surprised at how much I was sucked into the life of old Hollywood and movie stars. I didn’t think I would enjoy this book as much as I did because it was out of the genre range of books that I typically go for, but wow what a refreshing surprise. This book was so fast paced and I couldn’t get enough of it. The plot twists in the last hundred pages were so good that I had to finish it that day. I would recommend this to anyone, even if you don’t think you’ll like it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Outing, Suicide, Infidelity, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Car accident, Abortion, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Sexual content, Cancer, Terminal illness, Grief, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Racism

lynns_lovely_library's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was absolutely incredible. I cannot express how much love this book! Feminist bicon Evelyn Hugo is jaw dropping amazing. This book touched on so many amazing topics and it was so powerful. The story was compelling and you never knew what was going to happen next. Absolute page turn, I couldn't put it down. This book had such a full circle moment and the and it was satisfying yet so sad when the reveal was made at the end. I don't have enough words to describe how much this book means to me. The writing style was beautiful and I will forever keep the words "I had the devastating luxury of panic" close to my heart. 100% recommend to anyone. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abortion, Alcoholism, Blood, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Lesbophobia, Grief, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Death, Child death, Cancer, Outing, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Racism, Pregnancy, and Child abuse

jjjjo's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Abandonment, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Homophobia, Cancer, and Biphobia

kunma's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

The storyline of this book is really good, but there were a few parts that needed work, like when

Evelyn made up the scenario of her miscarriage, it obviously wasn't believable in any way because it wasn't even logical. It's not like the doctor would know before her she had a miscarriage.

That's why I'm only giving it 4.5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Car accident, Sexism, Alcoholism, Cancer, Classism, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Addiction

Moderate: Miscarriage, Biphobia, Death of parent, and Homophobia

Minor: Abandonment, Blood, Pregnancy, and Suicide

mgkrbs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

Wow. A friend recommended me this book, and at first it was a little hard for me to get into. But once I got into it, I loved it. I love a good character development based book, and although Evelyn didn’t necessarily develop into a great person by the end of the book, seeing her evolution was very interesting. I loved harry, and Cecilia, and all of these characters felt so unbelievably real. I also loved hearing about the old Hollywood experience. What an enjoyable read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Cancer, Misogyny, Sexual content, Abortion, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Alcoholism, and Biphobia

leannemayieee's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Abandonment, and Violence

mysterychild13's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective 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: Sexual content, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Death of parent, Eating disorder, and Abandonment

wackzo's review against another edition

emotional informative tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Hate crime, Abandonment, Death of parent, Homophobia, Child abuse, Death, Biphobia, Cancer, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Cursing, Lesbophobia, Suicide, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Toxic friendship