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Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Infidelity, Death of parent, Abandonment
Moderate: Sexual content
Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment
Minor: Eating disorder, Car accident
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
And I really enjoyed it! It felt like every scene was important to the story - nothing dragged on, the whole novel really kept to pace. I think there was potential for this not to be true with how many different perspectives were incorporated. Most importantly, I felt connected to all the perspective characters, even the minor ones (Not saying I felt for them all, to be clear lol). TJR has always been really good at writing complex, flawed, real people characters.
The one-day structure of the story was also well-executed. I appreciated that, even though we're told about how the 24 hours ends right at the start, the foreshadowing throughout isn't overbearing and there's room for other storylines to breathe and play out. Plus, while a number of predictable events happen, I was relieved to not come out of this reading feeling like I had been fed a cookie-cutter/play-on-real-life novel.
[April 9, 2022 update: I can't get these characters out of my head so I think that merits updating the rating to 4.75]
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual content, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Car accident, Abortion, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Classism
Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Police brutality, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment
Minor: Cursing, Infertility, Car accident, Pregnancy
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment
Moderate: Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual content
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Car accident
Graphic: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Death of parent, Abandonment
Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content
Minor: Car accident, Pregnancy
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol
wow. just wow. basically i started the seven husbands of evelyn hugo at THE WRONG time in my life bc i came back and gave tjr another chance and DID SHE DESERVE IT.
this book was phenomenal. expertly written and that’s really the best way to put it. There was probably the BEST character development i’ve ever read, i loovveedd some people, but even those i hated she almost explained their pov and why they made the decisions - albeit bad ones - that they did. There was even some good romance (although very realistic and not cringy and romcom-y.)
This is also a super mature book which is a weird way to describe it bc i don’t mean explicit i just mean her prose was the perfect mix of professional, adult talk..? and engaging and sometimes ironic storytelling.
It took me a hot second to read this, but i was craving more, and even without a huge plot twist i feel like the buildup of the story still sated me wait needing a huge BAM ya know? although i will say there’s one point in a romance subplot that i jumped at ahaha soo interesting.
Overall, such a five star read, and above all else i feel like a smart person reading it and experiencing what tjr has to give us loll. loved it!! will prob read more of her soon
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infidelity, alcoholism, drug abuse, sexual content, classism, toxic relationships
Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic relationship
Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Sexual content
Minor: Classism