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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

468 reviews

andmingmingtoo's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.75

I love old hollywood, and I love scheming female leads, and this book combines them in a wonderful way. It was also unexpectedly emotionally impactful, and even the

ambiguity of the ending, in terms of how monique feels about evelyn

really fits in with the theme of appreciating the complexity of a life, especially of a star off-camera.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Cancer, Physical abuse, Car accident, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Lesbophobia, Blood, Infidelity, Suicide, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Biphobia

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Alcohol, Medical content, Outing, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Misogyny

Minor: Abortion, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

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

pershie13's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

AN INSTANT FIVE STARS!! This was one of the best books I've read in a long time and truly had me captivated from start to finish. When Monique Grant is handpicked by film star Evelyn Hugo to write a piece for a magazine, she has no idea why she would be wanted for a piece like this or why this celebrity that she doesn't know would pick her rather than a more seasoned writer. Then she finds out that Evelyn wants her to write her biography. Evelyn was famously married to seven different husbands, and it is a common question for people to wonder which one she loved the most. This book uncovers the answer to that question while revealing a different Evelyn than anyone had ever known. This book dove head-on into the themes of identity, love, truth, and authenticity, and hearing about how Evelyn grew and changed through each of her marriages was enlightening while showing her complexity as a person. The constant revelations throughout her life as an actress helped build her character well, and the plot twist at the end was one of the most shocking that I have ever read in a book. I found myself falling in love with some of the characters while despising others, and I found this book to deeply affect me emotionally, especially toward the end. This was wonderfully written and an incredible introduction to Taylor Jenkins Reid. I will be raving about this book for a long time!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Biphobia, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Gore, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Cancer, Child abuse, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Gaslighting, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Grief, Lesbophobia, Medical content, and Rape

Minor: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Abortion, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, Drug use, and Miscarriage

shaylac's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I wanted to see for myself what the hype was about around this book. And honestly, I thought it was a perfect book to get me out of my reading slump. It's a very fast-paced book with cliffhangers after each chapter and it helped that the chapters were on the shorter side. The one drawback that I think didn't really need to be in the book was race. I understand that it needed to be brought up closer to the ending where Evelyn's big secret was revealed about the main character but other than that, I don't think mentioning the characters race did anything to help the storyline.

TLDR: For those who enjoy beautifully crafted storytelling and unforgettable characters, this novel is a must-read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Cancer, Child death, Homophobia, Grief, Car accident, Death, Lesbophobia, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Self harm, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Suicide, Infidelity, Outing, Toxic relationship, and Medical trauma

Minor: Sexual content

kejerajae's review against another edition

challenging emotional lighthearted sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Suicide, Physical abuse, Outing, Alcoholism, Terminal illness, Infidelity, Abortion, Car accident, and Death

violetbentbackwards1036's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug use, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Car accident, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Blood, Cursing, Suicide, Terminal illness, Sexual harassment, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Outing, Hate crime, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Biphobia, Domestic abuse, Abortion, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Violence

shayh's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Outing, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Death, Suicide, Sexism, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Abortion, Cancer, Car accident, Biphobia, and Terminal illness

hanhantap's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny mysterious reflective sad

• 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

Third reread the charm?

Just kidding. This book still haunts my every waking thought. Evelyn is that bitch after all. Meant both affectionately and otherwise.

Here's to continue the bullying campaign to make everyone in my life read Seven Husbands. Gonna slide into the DMs like I am part of a goddamn MLM.
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Original review from 2021:

There are few books that have made such an impact on me in so many different ways. I finished it two days ago and still processing it and I think I will be processing it for a long time.

Moments came where I was reading Evelyn's actions as a friend would after finding out what she did, but not out of judgment. Out of concern. I cared about her, her well-being, and her love. She is a flawed person but not a bad person.

I miss these characters so much already, further proof that Taylor Jenkins Reid could write out a note of insults about me, and I would love it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Grief, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

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

Minor: Racism, Abortion, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Outing, Miscarriage, Blood, Lesbophobia, Suicide, and Drug use

creationwing's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective tense fast-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

4.25

A fun book I finished in a little over 3 sittings. I'm not sure it needed 3 narrators, and I echo the thoughts of the other reviews when I say the Monique portion of our story could be dropped without affecting the main allure of this book. She wasn't fleshed out enough to have the Devil Wears Prada learning from your mentor win moment. We had a lot of insight into what was going on in her life, sure, but the character of Evelyn is so full-bodied that our understanding on Monique in turn feels more like the author is telling us who she is and telling us to root for her only because we're told she is an underdog with talent. Her career is summarized in a few paragraphs when we get Evelyn's through the whole book.

The twists both with her father and Evelyn's ultimate decision were far too predictable. The main character having written an article on euthanasia was a little too neat and on the nose.

Overall, however, the author did a very good job establishing a voice for Evelyn and making me care about her character even if I wouldn't have liked her as a real person.
I love the

found

family in the story, and realized how much I had grown to enjoy the book when I felt I cared for the characters in it. I also really enjoyed the depiction of queerplatonic relationships, but I agree with other reviews that the story lacks any platonic relationships that matter.

I would recommend this book, with the caveat that you'll probably find yourself skimming past the parts about Monique.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Cursing, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Biphobia, Blood, Car accident, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Death, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Alcoholism, Classism, Drug use, Xenophobia, Eating disorder, Terminal illness, Miscarriage, Outing, Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Pedophilia, and Pregnancy

I've put minor mentions of eating disorder above, but more accurately it's portrayals of dieting culture/actors restricting their weight for roles.

sundaybookclub's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

4.25

Listened as an audio book and really enjoyed - had me feeling all the emotions!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Death of parent, Homophobia, Infidelity, Outing, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Car accident, Grief, Physical abuse, and Rape

Minor: Abortion and Cancer