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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

241 reviews

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

vistanamdarian's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Alcoholism

helenamichelle's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Biphobia, Car accident, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Outing, and Addiction

klovdiya's review against another edition

relaxing tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Книга очень легко и быстро читается, сложно оторваться. Интересно было следить за жизнью Эвелин, но резкий поворот в конце ощущается немного дешевым, будто нужен только чтобы шокировать читателя. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence and Rape

Minor: Abortion

aly141627's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book and the way it was written. It made me laugh and cry at the same time. It's about women just trying to do their best while living their lives however they want and learning to be unapologetic about it, too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Rape

tree_branch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Misogyny, Outing, Eating disorder, Abortion, Racism, Suicide, Biphobia, Rape, Sexism, Cancer, Lesbophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Homophobia, and Pregnancy

katiea714's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Blood, Addiction, Alcohol, Classism, Alcoholism, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Medical content, Sexism, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Lesbophobia, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual assault, Grief, and Terminal illness