Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

116 reviews

annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

4.0

i really enjoyed Evelyn's narrative, but the ending, specifically

Monique's father being the passenger in Harry's fatal car crash

, just felt cheap, as well as a lot of Monique's character development. like she interacts with Evelyn and then

asks for a promotion and divorces her husband

—that's great but i'm not entirely convinced it was necessary. would the story not have worked if it was only Evelyn's autobiography?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Cancer, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, Grief, Biphobia, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Suicide, Abandonment, Blood, Car accident, Cursing, Mental illness, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Abortion, Alcohol, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Addiction, Classism, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Hate crime, Medical content, and Miscarriage

lilalovestoread's review against another edition

inspiring reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment and Child abuse

amaya_jam's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Sexual content, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Cancer, and Blood

Moderate: Addiction and Abandonment

Minor: Abortion

heathbeatz's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.5

Predictable, well-paced, forgettable, tearjerker. Ate it up in 1 day.
Less steamy than promised, more of chance humidity.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Homophobia, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Cancer, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Car accident, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Outing, Grief, Infidelity, and Terminal illness

hungardo's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

aaaaahhhhhhhhhhh


also might do the rating of evelyn hugo's husbands/partners

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Abandonment, Car accident, Suicide, and Homophobia

astrid421's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

Wow, I haven’t read a book this great in awhile. Evelyn Hugo is a complex character, but I couldn’t help rooting for her. It was easy to love the people Evelyn loved. Without giving away spoilers, my heart broke and the tears couldn’t stop flowing on *certain parts*. The depth of  each character & overall rich storyline will stick with me for awhile. Definitely will buy this novel to keep in my home library. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Sexism, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Biphobia, and Homophobia

Moderate: Cancer, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Minor: Infertility

saraellenme's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Grief

Moderate: Racism and Sexual harassment

Minor: Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Homophobia, Addiction, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Abortion, Misogyny, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Body shaming, Bullying, Classism, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racism, and Sexism

clairew97's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring 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

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Outing, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, and Violence

holliesatchell's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

4.75

This book was AMAZING! I know everyone says it, but it’s true. It took my about a week to really get into the book (but that’s because I was attempting to annotate my thoughts along the way) but once I hit the half way point, I couldn’t stop reading it. All I’m saying is if you haven’t read this yet, you have to read it at some point. (Remember to check TW!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Car accident, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Abortion, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexism, and Sexual content

Minor: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Vomit

acilient's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense 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

An incredible book that follows the story of the beloved and deeply complicated Evelyn Hugo. A reflective roller coaster of emotions. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Misogyny, Addiction, Biphobia, Cancer, and Chronic illness

Minor: Suicide, Outing, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Miscarriage, Abortion, and Pregnancy