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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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stitchwilliam's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring mysterious 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

4.0

Oh, I know the whole world prefers a woman who doesn’t know her power, but I’m sick of all that. (p. 35)

Who was the love of Evelyn’s life? (p. 36)

I liked this book! Very dynamic dialogue-focused storytelling and lots of foreshadowing (including through metaphors). Messages were great too.

I thought the name of the novel was a particularly interesting choice on the author’s part, as the novel’s focus is Evelyn and her story.

Most of the husbands just happen to be there to further the plot and Evelyn’s character development rather than be well-developed characters themselves.

Evelyn was a very interesting character to read about—

a very calculating and ambitious individual, and yet not dislikeable.

I thought the character development was great,

and it was so sweet to see her find her way and discover love in the end. The love of her life question was revealed so nicely.

I didn’t like the plot twist at the end too much though… I think I felt a bit disconnected with the narrator, Monique, throughout the story,

so when Evelyn revealed what happened to James Grant, I was wondering who that was and why Monique was shocked…

Although it is a character-focused novel, I think I would have liked to see some more historical aspects outside of gender roles and life as an old Hollywood film star (although those topics were pretty well done!).

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thelibraryofjen's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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. Evelyn Hugo feels to me like a real icon. When reading It felt so real, I thought she was a real person in my head. This story crosses the line between fiction and real life. The love story between two queer people in the early 50’s to the 90’s was so beautiful written. I understand the hype around this book. This was a roller coster of emotions, that I feel everybody needs to read at least once. The racial discrimination in this book, forcing people of color to hide there true self. Reallly represents what hollywood standed for back then. The topics of AIDS and how queer people could be punished back then was also well written. This book is for people to feel SEEN and to be their true authentic self. Don’t coware away from who you truely are, don’t like you life in regret. Evelyn Hugo was a raw and sometimes bad person, as well as an icon, but most of all she was human. That is what drove this story, she felt so human to be I couldn’t help but sympathize with her. AND THE ENDING HELLO ? Wow. I want this to be a movie or tv show ASAP.

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bd_books's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful 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

4.75

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amelia_pj's review against another edition

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emotional 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

4.0

A beautiful love story cleverly and sensitively told. A book that I’ll be thinking about for a long time!

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skysometimesreads's review against another edition

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reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

This was okay. The author used death as a plot device which was not my favorite. Overall, it's not worth the hype in my opinion

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gisreading's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad

Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The glam, the drama, the horrible men (which is, once again, not surprising given they’re… well, men 🤢) and the absolutely wonderful Evelyn Hugo. A woman who knows what she wants and takes it, any way she can. She really embodies the saying ‘it’s not what the patriarchy does to you, but what it can do FOR you.’ I love the use of men for her own gain along with that of her lover and friends. Unfortunate that she developed love for a terrible abuser (fuck you, Adler, you insecure dickhead). Not that Evelyn herself was perfect, she did frustrate me many times with her choices, but she owns up to it. She doesn’t shy away from what she did, and that’s more than most can say, even if she doesn’t regret any of it. I still came to adore her, her life and the incredible secret love with her and her wife despite any choices I don’t agree with. I hope her and Celia enjoy being out together in the afterlife.

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