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A review by jadehusdanhicks
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
WHAT A WAY TO ROUND OF MY BOOK GOAL FOR THE YEAR. 52/52
And what a shock it’s left me with. Reading the last few chapters of this I felt chocked. Physically I couldn’t breathe and the shock this left me with oh my god. It was gay in more ways than one, out the closet in the closet, found family, queer devastation and heart break.
Decades of lies broken by truths. My heart broken by all of that. Evelyn never really got her happily ever after and my heart yearns for her but her story is truly more beautiful, devastating and dramatic than any of the movies she filmed within.
And what a shock it’s left me with. Reading the last few chapters of this I felt chocked. Physically I couldn’t breathe and the shock this left me with oh my god. It was gay in more ways than one, out the closet in the closet, found family, queer devastation and heart break.
Decades of lies broken by truths. My heart broken by all of that. Evelyn never really got her happily ever after and my heart yearns for her but her story is truly more beautiful, devastating and dramatic than any of the movies she filmed within.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicide, Xenophobia, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, and Alcohol