Reviews tagging 'Outing'

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

468 reviews

matmatmatty's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

5.0

Such an amazing story. I'm finding it difficult to talk about it without mentioning spoilers, but this is a story about a woman, her sexuality and the people that she loved.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Misogyny, Car accident, Death, Abortion, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Infidelity

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicide, Rape, and Biphobia

Minor: Outing and Miscarriage

zayzay2's review

dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

loved it, even thought I would change a few things about this book. It was a fun read, talked about a lot of investing topics. Wasn't too dark was realistic and liked a lot of the side and main character Evelyn. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Hate crime, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, and Outing

aurora4847's review

emotional inspiring reflective 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

4.0

This book really captures the complexity of a woman who would do anything to further her own goals and protect those she loves. Evelyn Hugo's story is captivating and deeply sad in some ways. It was a wonderful read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Cancer, Infidelity, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Grief, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Outing, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Blood, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Suicide, Classism, and Alcoholism

Minor: Sexual content, Pregnancy, Cursing, Racism, Drug use, and Abortion

This book isn't generally graphic in nature, but there are a number of triggering experiences recounted. Especially the loss of loved ones.

kadyk59's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Terminal illness, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Death of parent, Racism, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, and Cultural appropriation

lizzyjean's review

challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective tense fast-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

This book was fantastic! Reading about the complicated life of an actress, from the politics of it all to the emotional sides of the characters, was an incredibly unique experience, and was done to absolute perfection.

Just as Evelyn wanted, I both love and hate her after reading that book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Car accident, Suicide, Cancer, Terminal illness, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, and Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy, Racism, Abortion, Drug abuse, and Outing

There are multiple depictions of domestic abuse between Evelyn and

Don Adler

. Evelyn

gets an abortion

. Evelyn, Celia St. James, and Connor are

diagnosed with terminal illnesses, including breast cancer

. AIDS, as well as the deaths behind it, is mentioned. While it doesn’t outwardly say that

Evelyn committed suicide

, it is strongly implied, arguably it is exactly what happens.

samshort's review

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring 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

4.25

great book, very interesting. i love the style of writing interspersed with relevant news articles. i think evelyn is very complex and real. i wish monique's story had more presence throughout the book, although i understand the focus was primarily evelyn.

my only other qualm was that celia's characterization seemed to shift weirdly during their second relationship, maybe that's just me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Grief, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Car accident, Homophobia, Misogyny, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Biphobia, Sexism, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Racism, Infidelity, and Child abuse

Minor: Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Pregnancy, Blood, Abortion, Medical content, Outing, Police brutality, Eating disorder, Hate crime, and Miscarriage

edietz22's review

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Outing, Alcohol, Suicide, Cancer, Homophobia, Infidelity, Car accident, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Alcoholism, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Death of parent, Miscarriage, Abandonment, Blood, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Abortion, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, and Toxic relationship

gottheblues's review

fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexism, Domestic abuse, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Terminal illness, Child abuse, Outing, Death, Racism, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Addiction, Biphobia, Cancer, and Car accident

teeclecticreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective 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

5.0

I can’t believe it took me this long to actually read a Taylor Jenkins Reid book, but I’m so glad that I did because no, I feel like there are two versions of me: who I was before TJR, and who I am now after TJR.

This book was so thoughtfully, carefully and beautifully written. I love when a work of fiction can really immerse me in the world so much that it feels like it was an actual real life events. I am so enamoured by Evelyn Hugo and her life and I love that as a character, she was not just aware, but outwardly made it clear that she was not a perfect person. That she made questionable decisions, but she also stood behind all of those decisions and was apologetic when she needed to be.

The drama was toooooo good! Every chapter found myself so desperate to find out more about the husband that was being focused on. Then the twist at the end????? I reached that twist around 10:30 in the night and my brain was so boggled that I had to finish the book right then and there. No pausing. Let’s just say that even though this was my first this won’t be my last book by Taylor.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Car accident, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Cancer, Homophobia, Death, Infidelity, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Eating disorder, Outing, and Abortion

I put eating disorder in the tags but with context I think a better description would be diet culture. Given the setting of the mid 1900s in Hollywood, many celebrities would be watching what they eat as to not get ‘unattractive’ for roles.

lindsay424's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

This book was so emotional and had me crying so much at one point.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Death of parent, Cursing, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Infidelity, Car accident, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Suicide, Outing, Terminal illness, Domestic abuse, Death, Cancer, and Child death