Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

237 reviews

cjsays's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Graphic: Rape, Suicide, Death, and Homophobia

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, and Biphobia

Minor: Car accident

hazedaze's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-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

Wow. This book made me feel excited to read again. I think the very serious topics are addressed in a realistic but hopeful way. Monique, being a biracial woman currently going through a divorce was the perfect person to share the narrative with  Evelyn,

a bisexual Hispanic woman who has only ever loved one person in her life, and their marriage was never recognized.

Goodness. The complexities of love, ambition, identity, and forgiveness were explored very well. I can definitely see this being a book club book; each individual chapter has so much material that it would be perfect to have weekly discussions about. Great book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Biphobia, Death, Grief, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, and Homophobia

Minor: Abortion, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Eating disorder, and Rape

saricostanzo's review against another edition

emotional 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

Graphic: Child death, Outing, Self harm, Sexism, Car accident, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Death, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, Abortion, Biphobia, Cancer, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

ulviyyask's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Graphic: Car accident, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Rape, and Homophobia

dwhiting's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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: Alcohol, Misogyny, Car accident, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Biphobia, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Rape

reader1292938484's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted 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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Homophobia, Death, and Death of parent

hollandmoriarty's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted 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: Homophobia, Death, Rape, and Domestic abuse

shaysnotokay's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Chronic illness, Death, Addiction, Alcohol, Car accident, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Biphobia, Body shaming, Drug use, Rape, and Sexism

imaginationindex's review against another edition

emotional sad tense 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

“This hugely popular tale centers around reclusive Hollywood legend Evelyn Hugo, who chooses an unknown reporter, Monique Grant, to tell her life story. Evelyn recounts her time in the Golden Age of Hollywood, her rise to fame, and her seven marriages — revealing stunning secrets and lies.”

Loosely based on the lives of Elizabeth Taylor, Ava Gardner, and Rita Hayworth, this story shows explores Hollywood through the decades and the motivations behind one woman’s path to stardom.

What I loved:

• Once again, TJR delivers in the writing style. It is so captivating and descriptive and emotional and so many more words that I don’t know how to explain it. But she does 
• Hollywood Era, glitz and glam aesthetic (but ya know, minus all the racism and sexism)
• Monique’s POV. You only ever here about the titular character and mentions of Celia, so I’m glad Monique was there as an outside perspective and given a character arc of her own.
• Clever Evelyn
  (I’ve placed this lower because as much as she was two steps ahead and used her body to her advantage, she’s not a great person.)
• The twist… didn’t see it coming

What I didn’t love:

• The hyper sexuality of bisexuality. Not all bi people want to sleep with everyone. Not all bi people cheat. Not all bi people use their partners.
• I had to read about Mick Riva again. Ew.
• Certain Husbands
  specifically #2, #3 and #6
• The twist… didn’t see it coming, but it’s also here because I didn’t find it necessary. We already had a great story, why was this included?

NOTE: There has been a criticizing point brought up about TJR on her POC characters experiences and the fact that she is a white woman. I’ve only read two books at this time, and open to reading more (but will look out for these trends in the future) 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Biphobia, Domestic abuse, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Sexism, Rape, and Terminal illness

hannahthemartian's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious tense fast-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Rape, and Terminal illness

Minor: Biphobia