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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

12 reviews

chloesdior's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative 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: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Cancer, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Miscarriage, Violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Misogyny, and Outing

allyhoo811's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

 Okay, so I am obviously really late to the party on this one. I feel like everything that can be said about this book has already been said, so I'm going to keep this review really brief.

Highlights For Me

Evelyn Hugo's Character -- OMG! I know everyone says it, but Evelyn Hugo feels like a real person. How can I not go and watch her movies?!?! Taylor Jenkins Reid did an amazing job of writing a complex and totally believable character, who skirts the line between good and bad. This is morally grey writing at its best. I love Evelyn.

Fast Paced -- This book is a page turner. If I had didn't have other things to do, I would have binge read this book in an afternoon. I did not want to put it down. It felt like the perfect cross between a gossip magazine, a soap opera, and a reality show.

The Writing Style -- This book is incredibly readable. The prose isn't fancy or quirky, it just works.

TLDR; I loved this book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Cancer, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Xenophobia

Minor: Abortion, Blood, Chronic illness, Drug use, Incest, Pedophilia, Police brutality, and Racism