A review by jedore
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

emotional inspiring 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

"It's always been fascinating to me how things can be simultaneously true and false, how people can be good and bad all in one, how someone can love you in a way that is beautifully selfless while serving themselves ruthlessly."

This book was so delicious that I devoured it in less than a week. Typically, when a book gets a lot of hype, my feelings are much more lukewarm. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is a definite exception to this rule-of-thumb. 
 
This is intelligent "chick it" at its best. I even know a couple of sensitive men who would be into it. 
 
Character development is one of the biggest standouts of this book for me. They were were authentic, they were fake, they were givers, they were takers, they were wise, they were clueless. They were perfectly imperfect...just like we all are. Evelyn's complexity was both fascinating and torturous…I adored her so much that I didn't want to be disappointed in her as often as I was. 
 
I also loved that I wasn't distracted by predictability, which I often am with "chick lit" books. There were so many paths this story could take at any given point that all I wanted to do was keep turning the page to see which one it was going to be. 
 
The perfect companion to this book is Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates, so if you end up loving this one, go get that one! 
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