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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
I swore to myself I would never read this book. I was honestly just overexposed to it because a year ago it was literally everywhere I turned. I thought it had to be overrated, that there was no way it was really that good.
Sorry to say, I was right. I picked this up at a friend’s place trying to pass time until they woke up. For that purpose, this book is perfect. Evelyn’s story is engaging and the Old Hollywood setting is glamorous and unusual. However, I didn’t feel sucked in or compelled to read more when I put it down. The narrator’s plot line failed to grip me and I’m not sure it was a necessary inclusion. It was a good book, but do I think it was a book of the year or whatever? Probably not.
Sorry to say, I was right. I picked this up at a friend’s place trying to pass time until they woke up. For that purpose, this book is perfect. Evelyn’s story is engaging and the Old Hollywood setting is glamorous and unusual. However, I didn’t feel sucked in or compelled to read more when I put it down. The narrator’s plot line failed to grip me and I’m not sure it was a necessary inclusion. It was a good book, but do I think it was a book of the year or whatever? Probably not.