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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

465 reviews

aurora4847's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective 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

This book really captures the complexity of a woman who would do anything to further her own goals and protect those she loves. Evelyn Hugo's story is captivating and deeply sad in some ways. It was a wonderful read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Cancer, Infidelity, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Grief, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Outing, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Blood, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Suicide, Classism, and Alcoholism

Minor: Sexual content, Pregnancy, Cursing, Racism, Drug use, and Abortion

This book isn't generally graphic in nature, but there are a number of triggering experiences recounted. Especially the loss of loved ones.

kadyk59's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Terminal illness, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Death of parent, Racism, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, and Cultural appropriation

lizzyjean's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This book was fantastic! Reading about the complicated life of an actress, from the politics of it all to the emotional sides of the characters, was an incredibly unique experience, and was done to absolute perfection.

Just as Evelyn wanted, I both love and hate her after reading that book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Car accident, Suicide, Cancer, Terminal illness, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, and Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy, Racism, Abortion, Drug abuse, and Outing

There are multiple depictions of domestic abuse between Evelyn and

Don Adler

. Evelyn

gets an abortion

. Evelyn, Celia St. James, and Connor are

diagnosed with terminal illnesses, including breast cancer

. AIDS, as well as the deaths behind it, is mentioned. While it doesn’t outwardly say that

Evelyn committed suicide

, it is strongly implied, arguably it is exactly what happens.

swett_mel's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Sexism

Moderate: Racism and Homophobia

Minor: Miscarriage and Abortion

samshort's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring sad tense 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

great book, very interesting. i love the style of writing interspersed with relevant news articles. i think evelyn is very complex and real. i wish monique's story had more presence throughout the book, although i understand the focus was primarily evelyn.

my only other qualm was that celia's characterization seemed to shift weirdly during their second relationship, maybe that's just me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Grief, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Car accident, Homophobia, Misogyny, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Biphobia, Sexism, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Racism, Infidelity, and Child abuse

Minor: Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Pregnancy, Blood, Abortion, Medical content, Outing, Police brutality, Eating disorder, Hate crime, and Miscarriage

gottheblues's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexism, Domestic abuse, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Terminal illness, Child abuse, Outing, Death, Racism, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Addiction, Biphobia, Cancer, and Car accident

theomar's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Toxic relationship, Racism, and Suicide

charliesreadbooks's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.0

I loved this book. 

[also kinda contains spoilers but kinda doesn’t? like they’re pretty vague spoilers]

My favourite part was the found family (of course) with Evelyn, Harry, Celia and John and their little setup. It didn’t last very long but it was very cute to see how they truly loved each other. I also loved the perspective it was written in - past tense, first person. It just makes you fall into the story so much more. 

I also liked how Evelyn wasn’t a perfect person - or really a nice person a lot of the time. She was real, kinda mean, but also put herself first for so long she didn’t know what she was missing by doing that until it was gone. 

You know everyone in her life has died before she starts telling her story, but reading their deaths was still heartbreaking. It was devastating to see it from her perspective, especially Harry and Celia’s deaths. I can still see her holding on to them in my mind. 

Another important aspect that dictates how I feel about a book is the sex scenes. This book passes the me test because it has very few sex scenes, it don’t use super specific language and I didn’t feel uncomfortable reading it.

All in all this book lived up to the hype. It was heartbreaking and heartwarming and made me think about how I want to be able to look back on my life. Would definitely recommend

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Homophobia

Minor: Suicide

michaelakeast's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, Infidelity, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Cancer, Racism, Alcoholism, Suicide, Abortion, Homophobia, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Blood, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Body shaming, Death, Child death, Fatphobia, and Alcohol

norabeideineroma's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Cancer, Car accident, Alcohol, Racism, Miscarriage, Biphobia, Blood, Addiction, Lesbophobia, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Rape, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Outing, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Homophobia, and Body shaming