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A review by evitacademia
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
challenging
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-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
I put off reading this book for a long time, stupidly, because it was popular. How could something that appeals to so many be so individually touching? And I think that question was answered by the book. It's a lot more complex than that.
The writing is so spot on, so precise, accurate and confident and I think it's that that made it so easy to breeze through. Though that precision turned into slight dryness at the end but that is just the style.
The pacing was amazing. Just when you started to tire of the setting, the topic or perspective changed abruptly enough to keep you glued. And I loved the perspective of hearing it all from Evelyn Hugo. It was raw, it was mesmerizing. But also grotesque and shocking. And that isn't even an Oxymoron. It just coexists.
The plottwists actually hit me. Her queerness actually resonates and aches. Her complexity (both Evelyn's and Monique's) enlightens. Hearing it all from Evelyn's mouth but from Monique's hands opens up the book to a sensational perspective, an engrossing story.
Evelyn was playing a chess game, tricking and seducing to get her where she wanted to be, and at the end, she didn't win, rather she was the last figurine standing.
There are the crimson crimes of high society, the star's fatal wounds; then this book is the literary and mesmerizing autopsy.
The writing is so spot on, so precise, accurate and confident and I think it's that that made it so easy to breeze through. Though that precision turned into slight dryness at the end but that is just the style.
The pacing was amazing. Just when you started to tire of the setting, the topic or perspective changed abruptly enough to keep you glued. And I loved the perspective of hearing it all from Evelyn Hugo. It was raw, it was mesmerizing. But also grotesque and shocking. And that isn't even an Oxymoron. It just coexists.
The plottwists actually hit me. Her queerness actually resonates and aches. Her complexity (both Evelyn's and Monique's) enlightens. Hearing it all from Evelyn's mouth but from Monique's hands opens up the book to a sensational perspective, an engrossing story.
Evelyn was playing a chess game, tricking and seducing to get her where she wanted to be, and at the end, she didn't win, rather she was the last figurine standing.
There are the crimson crimes of high society, the star's fatal wounds; then this book is the literary and mesmerizing autopsy.