Reviews tagging 'Dysphoria'

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

5 reviews

mobymaize's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

Evelyn Hugo is a quintessential fictional biography that has consumed my waking moments. If you do anything, it should be to read this novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Misogyny, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Alcoholism, Death, Rape, Toxic friendship, Grief, Physical abuse, Outing, Pregnancy, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Child abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Biphobia, Blood, Sexism, Death of parent, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Cancer, Gaslighting, Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, and Car accident

Moderate: Miscarriage

ellianderjoy's review

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Grief, Mental illness, Misogyny, Biphobia, Medical content, Sexism, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Car accident, Pregnancy, Racism, Homophobia, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Lesbophobia, Terminal illness, and Toxic friendship

c_e_w's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Miscarriage, Abortion, and Body shaming

slayharrie28's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I absolutely loved it and I think everyone should read it. Taylor Jenkins Reid is an incredible author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Physical abuse, Chronic illness, Outing, Death, Grief, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Homophobia, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gaslighting, Abortion, Biphobia, Cursing, Terminal illness, Sexism, Outing, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Mental illness

Minor: Dysphoria

leiasorgana's review

challenging emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

4.5

i loved this book, it was nice to see lesbians especially in the 50/60s era, very realistic with the challenges they faced and their romance was perfect. Evelyn and Cecilia deserved all the love in the world. </3

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Biphobia, Addiction, Lesbophobia, Toxic relationship, and Misogyny

Minor: Drug use, Dysphoria, and Car accident