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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

608 reviews

clara01's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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 and was written well with an interesting storyline. 
I personally felt like it was missing something though, I just didn't feel excited or eager to keep reading it. 
From the title I knew Evelyn had 7 husbands and I was just counting down the husbands during the whole book. I also didn't feel anything towards Evelyn she wasn't likeable and made the same mistakes again and again in the book.
There was a nice plot twist at the very end but it felt like too little too late.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Suicide, Violence, and Infidelity

Minor: Addiction, Abortion, Grief, Homophobia, Alcoholism, Cancer, and Death

jax10124's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

Wooooow. I’m still absorbing how this book made me feel. But there’s so many hot topics in here I’m just very, VERY impressed with the author for writing such a wonderful novel and hitting all those spots just so… *chefs kiss* 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Abortion, Drug use, Infidelity, Cancer, Child death, Terminal illness, Homophobia, Addiction, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Death, and Lesbophobia

tessvosper's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Homophobia, Biphobia, Physical abuse, Lesbophobia, Outing, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Abortion, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Rape, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Xenophobia, Infertility, and Body shaming

Minor: Blood

mimiisbooks's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

5.0

This book change me. It felt like I read a biography instead of a fictional story. He life is amazing, tragic, weird all at the same time.
A very heavy book but I'm recommending to my friends.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Death

Moderate: Biphobia and Suicide

Minor: Addiction

hannah8713's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Death, Sexual content, Addiction, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Suicide

booksnug's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Domestic abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Infidelity, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Death, Blood, Pregnancy, Car accident, and Cancer

Minor: Medical content, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Cursing

itstruly_flower's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Lesbophobia, Domestic abuse, Biphobia, Medical content, Homophobia, Death of parent, and Child death

Moderate: Suicide and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcohol, Addiction, Abortion, Sexual content, and Cursing

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

kteliza28's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

Listened to this in audiobook format and absolutely loved it. I was hooked right away and loved the story within a story narrative. I love a good timeline and though the events and characters were fictional, this story felt so raw and real and really shed a light on the complexities around being queer in the midcentury. Evelyn is one of those characters that you love despite all her flaws, even at the end when you see her for her worst flaw, she is still human and unapologetically herself. I felt there were so many questions I had that all were answered at the end. The only perfect character in my eyes in this story is Harry and I loved how real their love for each other was throughout decades. There’s so much to say about this book but I think it really holds dear all of life’s tragedies and presents them in a digestible light that anyone can relate to.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Addiction, Pregnancy, Biphobia, Domestic abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Hate crime, and Death

Minor: Sexual harassment, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, and Suicide

mhjmojo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Addiction, Car accident, Domestic abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Toxic relationship and Pregnancy