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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

44 reviews

celery's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

the plot twist was stupid and I was bored most of the time but I did cry

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Vomit, Outing, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Medical content, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Addiction, Cancer, Classism, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Body shaming, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Blood, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, and Injury/Injury detail

lilylovestoread's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, Cancer, and Grief

Moderate: Sexism, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Medical content, Alcohol, Blood, Racism, Suicide, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Drug use, Lesbophobia, Sexual violence, and Sexual content

Minor: Abortion and Vomit

lunxchloe's review against another edition

emotional 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

5.0

This was easily the most beautiful, heartbreaking book I've ever had the pleasure to read. Evelyn Hugo is an incredibly compelling, deep character that perfectly depicts the human experience with - or maybe because - all of its flaws.

5/5*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Death, Infidelity, Alcohol, Lesbophobia, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Child death, Grief, Biphobia, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Abortion and Pregnancy

Minor: Suicide, Vomit, and Drug abuse

town_scar's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Terminal illness, Cancer, Misogyny, Medical content, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Physical abuse, Biphobia, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Classism, Lesbophobia, Blood, Body shaming, Infidelity, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Outing, and Racism

Minor: Vomit, Drug use, and Pregnancy

jeanettesreadingcorner's review

adventurous emotional reflective tense slow-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

• Evelyn Hugo’s life story is certainly entertaining and eventful. However, I don’t love it enough to keep my copy. I had high expectations because of how popular it is. I only started enjoying it towards end. 
• I didn’t like Evelyn that much for most of the book. I don’t agree with how she treated Celia early on. I guess I don’t like how fake everybody is to each other but that’s Hollywood. I actually started to like Evelyn more after she retired from acting. When Evelyn started living as her true self. I enjoyed Celia St. James and Harry Cameron’s characters more. Evelyn, Celia, Harry, and John (and eventually Connor) being a family together was my favorite part of the book. 
• I didn’t care about Monique Grant’s character at all throughout the book. The plot twist at the end was what made her interesting to me. I was mostly reading this to know who Evelyn Hugo is. 
• The Old Hollywood glamour and timeline was fun and well-written. I especially loved the outfits and historical references. I also enjoyed seeing the actual media articles on Evelyn and getting to read about her in that perspective. 
• The plot twist towards the end! I kind of suspected it or made guesses about it early on. I wasn’t exactly correct but I had an idea. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Cancer, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Abortion, Lesbophobia, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Car accident, Death, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Homophobia, and Biphobia

Moderate: Outing, Suicide, Vomit, Blood, and Misogyny

fanboyriot's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

Read For:

Bi Icon

Sapphic

Actress MC

Old Hollywood Setting

Interview Style Storytelling

I’m not sure what I was expecting when I started reading this but this was not it but not in a bad way.  I’ve had this book for so long that I kind of went into this knowing nothing.  

I loved how this was told, the interview, and the old newspaper articles, it isn’t something I read often so it was kinda cool.  This book definitely has a charm to it, the world of old Hollywood and the dreams and damage it caused.  There were happy moments, a little spice, and some good old angst as well.

Evelyn was an icon and while she might not have been a good person she sure was captivating and the life of the party.  You either wanted to be her or be with her.  She kind of gave off Marilyn Monroe vibes.

The line at the end: 

“Doesn’t it bother you?  That your husbands have become such a headline story, so often mentioned, that they have nearly eclipsed your work and yourself?  That all anyone talks about when they talk about you are the seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo?”

And her answer was quintessential Evelyn.

“No,” she told me.  “Because they are just husbands.  I am Evelyn Hugo.  And anyway, I think once people know the truth, they will be much more interested in my wife.”

      - (Chapter 69, Page 385)

I waited the whole book to read that line alone and it was so worth it.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ (4.5/5)

Release Date: 13, June 2017

POV: First Person

Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

Rep:  Bisexual (MC), Lesbian (LI), Gay SCs, Latinx MC 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Cursing, Mental illness, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Death, Suicide, Classism, Emotional abuse, Biphobia, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Violence, Sexual violence, Infidelity, Child death, Misogyny, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Car accident, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Terminal illness, Addiction, Blood, Death of parent, Outing, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Body shaming, Toxic friendship, Murder, Cancer, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, and Drug abuse

Minor: Vomit, Abortion, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, Self harm, Xenophobia, and Fatphobia

maddydiz's review

lighthearted 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

4.0

Very easy to finish book. Captures the addictive qualities of viewing celebrities’ lives. Characters are relatable without feeling like the author is trying to make them relatable. Fun to read and sneakily profound. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Toxic relationship, and Biphobia

Moderate: Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Death, Suicide, Cancer, Pregnancy, and Physical abuse

Minor: Pedophilia, Vomit, Addiction, and Adult/minor relationship

gildedspines's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Death, Death of parent, Sexism, Cursing, Addiction, Alcoholism, Abortion, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Lesbophobia, Outing, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Drug use

thatbookbitch's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Grief, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Alcohol, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Outing, Lesbophobia, and Sexism

Moderate: Addiction, Death of parent, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Suicide, Blood, Sexual content, Child abuse, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Vomit, Gaslighting, Abortion, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Medical content, and Pregnancy

officialdani's review

emotional medium-paced

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

2.75

I’m conflicted about this one, leaving me feeling more “meh” about it overall. The storyline was captivating enough to hold my attention (although it didn’t really pick up for me until the second half) and there were some characters I really loved.

However, the writing style goes beyond holding the reader’s hand throughout the process. A lot of the story direction was quite predictable. Reading from the perspective of a “girlboss” was a bit annoying, as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Car accident, Chronic illness, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Suicide, Sexual content, Addiction, Alcohol, Sexism, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abortion