Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

118 reviews

telegram_sam's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

This is one is a book that will stay with me for a long time. Evelyn is many things, some I see in myself. This book twists your expectations in ways you wouldn’t have guessed. The author makes Evelyn very complex, as she is many things, and at the end of it all…just human.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Grief, and Car accident

hutaoghost's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

serenereader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Car accident, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Abandonment

kristyndcruz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

This book was fucking incredible. It was so powerful and beautifully written. I cried, smiled, and smiled while crying this entire book. This was incredibly hyped, but it was so worth every single recommendation. Possible easiest 5 stars I have ever given. Evelyn’s character was portrayed to be a selfish, manipulative bitch, and although morally wrong, all her actions could be justified. Somehow I hated her and thought she was such a bad person, yet I loved her at the same time. You somehow couldn’t help but fall in love with her and wish her the happy ending that she deserved. This book was so empowering. It was a powerful book about power. This book had so many aspects to explore and I loved every single one. How the media portrays complete bullshit and only care about the money and fame, over the truth; old Hollywood and how fame was in the 50’s; Evelyn as she did everything to climb the ladder of fame, success, money, and power while she realised the only things that truly matters is love and family. This book hinted towards a plot twist from the beginning as to why she wanted Monique and how long it would take to publish the book, this plot twist was incredible. I thought of lots of possible options that it could be, but did not expect that. I loved it. I wish Monique’s character was explored more. We didn’t learn as much about her as I would like, as her chapters were quite short and lacking plot. The ending was beautiful. It was sad, yet happy. It was a perfect bittersweet ending. Evelyn had lost every single person she had ever cared about, and it was beautiful that she could be with them again. I cried at every person she lost. They just kept dying. Harry was my favourite character, and I loved him from the very start. Highly highly highly recommend this book to everyone. So worth the 5 stars. 
“People think that intimacy is about sex. But intimacy is about truth. When you realize you can tell someone your truth, when you can show yourself to them, when you stand in front of them bare and their response is 'you're safe with me'- that's intimacy.“
“Never let anyone make you feel ordinary.”
“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.“
“Do yourself a favour and learn to grab life by the balls dear.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Grief, Car accident, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Rape, and Suicide

Minor: Miscarriage, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

gamora_zen1's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cursing, Miscarriage, Racism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

lezeeticus28's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Grief, and Abandonment

cyber's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

4.0

very good book i definitely recommend to the the gays‼️‼️👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 yeah gay ppl r in it which is cool. the characters are very flawed but it makes u like them more tbh. the writing is very good i enjoyed reading this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Grief, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death, Suicide, Abortion, and Abandonment

brittanysbooks23's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective 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

I couldn’t put this book down. Every story was greater than the last, and the juxtaposition of the retelling with the present day added an unexpected but welcome mystery. The book made you feel so deeply for the characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Abandonment

laucorreiab's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Domestic abuse, and Pregnancy

Minor: Xenophobia and Abortion

anabel's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

READ THIS BOOK NOW

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

Moderate: Car accident and Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Cancer, and Suicide