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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

126 reviews

hmatt's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

This is a good story, but I don't feel it lives up to its hype. It's not as mysterious or scandalous as it feels like it's trying to be. The frame narrative is glaringly transparent, to the point of it being pretty boring to me. Also, I hate HATE when novels give you 30 minutes worth of dialogue and then say it took 4+ hours for the character to say all that. Like, I know it's 30 minutes worth because this is an audiobook... so what was going on for the other 3.5 hours hmmmm???? This book is guilty of that in spades.

I enjoyed the story of Evelyn's life, though, and I appreciate how different kinds of love are shown as just as valuable as romantic love throughout the novel. 

In the TJR literary universe, I'd put this lower than Malibu Rising and higher than Daisy Jones, which I'm clarifying because my rating of Daisy Jones is higher... but I'm positive I did not like it enough to qualify it for 4 stars in my current rating system. It's been too long since I've read her earlier writing for me to judge it against any of those.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Terminal illness, Grief, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Medical content, Abortion, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcoholism, Suicide, and Outing

fartplatinum's review against another edition

emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Grief, Car accident, Outing, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Cursing, Infidelity, Suicide, and Medical content

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Abortion, and Pregnancy

ricardo_sb's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Medical content, Car accident, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Miscarriage, Racism, Abortion, and Death of parent

innastholiel's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Cancer, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Car accident, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Miscarriage, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

cat_astrophe12's review against another edition

dark 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Grief, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Car accident, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Medical content, Abortion, Pregnancy, Outing, and Sexual harassment

peachani's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Biphobia, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Medical content, Outing, Gaslighting, and Classism

alexiconic's review against another edition

emotional funny sad 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

This book has a special place in my heart. Listening to the audio, I enjoyed myself so much. It is a book that I know I want to buy just so I can return to specific sections. 

I love that Evelyn is bisexual. I love how it is addressed that being gay is not the same as being bisexual, how she is attracted to Celia and to men. I appreciate that narrative and nuance and seeing it in such an eloquent way. For me, this was the first time I encountered such an explicitly bisexual character. And I felt seen. 

I love how her story is focused on all of that but how her sexuality is NEVER the only thing I care about, nor is it for any of the supporting characters. I loved the gossipy elements but also the way Evelyn uses the gossip and press to control her own narrative. 

And I love watching Monique’s life decisions and watching hee grow and create her narrative. I wish we could have stayed with her longer. And yet, maybe I don’t, because the book was great as is. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Alcohol

Moderate: Medical content, Abortion, and Classism

bookswithlauren's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious 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? No

5.0

"When you're given an opportunity to change your life, be ready to do whatever it takes to make it happen. The world doesn't give things, you take things"

Reading 'The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo' is one of my favourite reading experiences to date. It made me, laugh, it made me smile with complete joy, it made me cry, it made me angry and it completely consumed me from start to finish. I adore Evelyn Hugo and her life, I want to have known Evelyn Hugo, I want to have been a part of her life. I want to read more and more about her. The exploration of fame and Hollywood, sexuality, self acceptance, race, religion, sexism, friendship, family, abusive relationships and so much more is nothing short of perfection.

Taylor Jenkins Reid has such an interesting structure to her writing and I very much enjoy it. Both of her books that I have read so far have been an interview structure with dual timelines. It is such an interesting, clever way to write, I find it to immerse the reader in such a profound way. I cannot wait to read more of her work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

nehanaomi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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 support women's rights, but i also support women's wrongs. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, Abortion, Lesbophobia, and Outing

Minor: Incest and Miscarriage

riyamittal's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Medical content, Death of parent, and Pregnancy