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

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is an absolutely stunning work. The characters were fully developed, multidimensional people and the pacing was perfectly balanced. The events told were believably, heartbreakingly realistic. The representations of race, class, sex, and sexuality are nuanced and handled with great dignity and care.

This book is perfect on its own, but it is made even more enjoyable if you're a fan of Old Hollywood, its stars, and the studio system.

I honestly cannot recommend this book enough!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship