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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

402 reviews

danielnski's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad fast-paced

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

5.0

This book is mesmerizing from start to finish. I loved the old Hollywood references, the voice Jenkins Reid gave to Evelyn, and how it felt accurate to the character and the time she would have lived in without feeling dated or out of touch. I really couldn't put it down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Cursing, Death, Grief, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Cancer, Biphobia, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

lilaco's review against another edition

emotional funny sad medium-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

4.5

I'm not quite sure how I want to rate this in stars yet. It was emotional and heartbreaking and joyful and character driven. 

The story is told through Evelyn Hugo telling her truth and story to Monquie Grant, with snippets of articles throughout and time jumping from where the story is at to the present day, adding reflections and a moment to breathe in places. The story is further separated into seven parts, one for each of the husbands. 

It was much more darker than I expected, with abuse, death and illness being an important part of the book. 

*SPOILERS below*

The book got a whole lot more interesting to me a third of the way through where it is revealed that Evelyn Hugo was in love with a woman. From there, I felt that the pace picked up and the characters got a lot more interesting. It became an integral part of the book but its not a 'coming out' story like a lot of plots with a person of the LGBT+ community which is refreshing. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Car accident, and Death of parent

bxnny's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Lesbophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Biphobia, Cancer, Car accident, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Hate crime, Drug use, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Outing, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault

janka05's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Sexual content, Alcoholism, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Chronic illness, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, and Biphobia

Minor: Death of parent, Pedophilia, Cancer, Suicide, Abortion, Addiction, and Child abuse

styxx's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Death, Lesbophobia, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Sexism, Alcohol, Grief, Pregnancy, and Terminal illness

Minor: Drug use and Miscarriage

amiamor's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

2.0

I enjoyed her various love stories in all their forms. I was not a fan of the ending and I am sensitive to the topic of cheating so this wasn't my thing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Colonisation, Cursing, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Eating disorder, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Car accident, Chronic illness, Classism, Fatphobia, and Incest

freckles_13's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

I have so many emotions about this book. 

This book wasn’t what I expected it be. I have avoided it for a long time due to everyone loving it, and was scared that because it’s not my usual read, and the hype behind it, I would be underwhelmed by it.

But I wasn’t.

This book is about a morally grey woman who will do anything - and everything - to get what she wants. A powerful, flawed woman who goes through so much in her life, and watching it come together and to fall is just an amazing reading experience. 
This book has some lovely quotes in it, such as “be wary of men with something to prove”. I would want to say more but I don’t want to spoil it. 

I think the only thing that made me rate this less than a 5 star was the actual main character, Monique. Yes, she was good but I felt like her whole story was just boring compared to Evelyn’s own - and maybe that was the point.

Evelyn Hugo, you are correct, you will not be remembered by your multiple husbands, but for your own story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Car accident, Homophobia, Cancer, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexism, Child death, Chronic illness, and Death

emmysforeverbooked's review

emotional inspiring reflective 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

4.5

After sitting overnight with my thoughts on this book, I can say that Taylor Jenkins Reid writes a memoir better than any non-fiction author I've ever seen. This book was so captivating and written so beautifully and interestingly. I genuinely don't know how I ever managed to put this book down because every time I flipped the page, I didn't want to stop reading. Evelyn Hugo, you are now my emotional support fake celebrity ❤️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Outing, Homophobia, Biphobia, Cursing, and Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Chronic illness, Sexism, Medical content, Car accident, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Minor: Alcohol and Miscarriage

picaresquedreamer's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Grief, Death, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Homophobia, Bullying, Gaslighting, and Chronic illness

Minor: Racism and Classism

jcshells's review

medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness, Suicide, Classism, Alcohol, Cancer, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Toxic relationship, Death, Homophobia, Alcoholism, Blood, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Biphobia, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Outing, Car accident, Drug use, Grief, Misogyny, and Sexual harassment