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I think this is a 3.5 for me....
I'm still feeling very conflicted on how I felt about this story. The thing that kept me going was how much I loved Evelyn as a character. I was interested enough in her story to see how things would transpire. However, there are a couple things I didn't love regarding the choices for certain character's story lines and the writing style itself. It read almost too much like an autobiography for me, which I know is the point, but I don't know...
Evelyn Hugo was a ...more
I'm still feeling very conflicted on how I felt about this story. The thing that kept me going was how much I loved Evelyn as a character. I was interested enough in her story to see how things would transpire. However, there are a couple things I didn't love regarding the choices for certain character's story lines and the writing style itself. It read almost too much like an autobiography for me, which I know is the point, but I don't know...
Evelyn Hugo was a ...more
Taylor Jenkins Reid does it again.
There is something so tragic about Hollywood glamour. Throw in a bisexual Cuban woman who is forced to erase both identities, and that tragedy just increases tenfold. I felt so sorry for Evelyn Hugo, for always trying to hide her true self, and for losing everyone in her life. I cried so much at the end of this book, but I don't regret once reading it, because it was such a beautifully told story. ...more
There is something so tragic about Hollywood glamour. Throw in a bisexual Cuban woman who is forced to erase both identities, and that tragedy just increases tenfold. I felt so sorry for Evelyn Hugo, for always trying to hide her true self, and for losing everyone in her life. I cried so much at the end of this book, but I don't regret once reading it, because it was such a beautifully told story. ...more
I did not expect to love this book. Given the hype, I expected it to be good, but I did not anticipate that it would pull my heart out, leaving me an emotional mess by the end. Evelyn’s story moves well beyond a behind-the-scenes look into her many Hollywood marriages. Instead, it highlights the complex nature of love and the things we will do for “the love of our life.” Nothing about this book or it’s main character is straightforward. It is a complicated mess of human emotion and ambition. It
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Well that was not at all what I was expecting it to be. I'm not sure what exactly I was expecting, but it wasn't this. Color me pleasantly surprised. I just breezed through this in less than a day.
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This was an unexpected love. The storytelling is magnificent and I think I will need to reread one day.
I loved every minute of this book! That's pretty much it.
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