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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Taylor Jenkins Reid

Start date: April 1, 2020

Finish date: April 30, 2020

Discussion: 2020 Monthly Reads

Why we're reading this: April 2020 read: a book by or about a journalist
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Jan 08, 2022 Lydia Presley rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fiction, 2022

I'll be honest, I thought there is no way this book will live up to the hype. Then I started it at 11:30PM last night and finished it at 4:30AM this morning. I literally couldn't put it down. I needed to know more.

I'm torn about which labels to put on it, as I work on this quick review this morning. Anything I chose seems spoilery. So, what I will say instead is that even though this book may be all over your social media and you, like me, think--oh, it's not that big a deal, it couldn't possibl ...more

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May 11, 2019 Jessica McLaren rated it it was ok

2.5 stars. I'd heard such good things about this book! I wanted to love it! I even recommended it to friends *before I read it*. I was fully prepared to leave my beloved horror novels for a bit, and read something that was supposed to be immersive and fun and heart wrenching. But...no. So many things in this book irritated me!

Eleanor Hugo is supposed to be this messy, complicated, tornado of a woman, but her life is mysteriously tidy. People are gay at the right time, divorced at the right time ...more

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Jan 12, 2023 Ann rated it did not like it

Maybe one of the most boring books I’ve ever read. Every “twist” was telegraphed long before it happened, and the writing was incredibly basic. I only finished it because everyone loved it and I was waiting for something interesting to happen. Waste of my time.

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Dec 23, 2019 Julianne Dunn rated it it was amazing

This is the third book in a row that I've read that has me completely under its spell (and the 2nd one by this author this year). Juxtaposing the story of Evelyn Hugo telling her story to the narrator/journalist Monique Grant and the actual life of Evelyn Hugo is perhaps the best and only way the reader could have this story unfold, with past and present implications to the life that Evelyn has led, starting with her first husband and her ticket to Hollywood. The book says a lot about what women ...more

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Mar 16, 2022 Danielle rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, 2022, lgbt

I knew nothing about this book when I picked it up, but I basically skipped almost an entire night of sleep to read it so I can't recommend it enough. ...more

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