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Apr 26, 2021 fleurette rated it really liked it

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If you had asked me a month ago if I liked historical fiction books or biographies, I would quite honestly say no. In fact, even now I would say that I don't like books in these genres. And yet this book delighted me, I could not stop reading it.

The biography of the fictional actress fascinated me more than the life of any real celebrity. Taylor Jenkins Reid can create a wonderful story and characters that come to life on the pages of this book. Because the magic of this story is that Evelyn see If you had asked me a month ago if I liked historical fiction books or biographies, I would quite honestly say no. In fact, even now I would say that I don't like books in these genres. And yet this book delighted me, I could not stop reading it.

The biography of the fictional actress fascinated me more than the life of any real celebrity. Taylor Jenkins Reid can create a wonderful story and characters that come to life on the pages of this book. Because the magic of this story is that Evelyn seems to be a flesh-and-blood woman. As real as the stars we know from the headlines. And her complicated and difficult life brings together events that may have happened to each of these famous people. Evelyn's story is not only fascinating, but also very believable.

In the end Evelyn says people reading her biography won't look at her solely through the prism of her seven husbands. And it is true. Although the book is divided into sections named after her numerous husbands, Evelyn's life cannot be parted into phases based on time spent in another relationship with a man. In fact, her husbands received very little attention in this story. Often only the circumstances in which the marriage took place are described, a few sentences about living together and a sentence or two about divorce. In this way, the author managed to emphasize how little men meant in Evelyn's life. Aside from Harry, none of them seem to be fully formed character, they are merely shadows in Evelyn's life. She is quite often able to summarize life with them in a single scene.

Evelyn's story about her life is intertwined in an interesting way with the decisions Monique makes under the influence of this story. And although at times I forgot about Monique and that it is all just Evelyn's telling about herself, this thread is also very exciting and in my opinion it interestingly highlights the influence that the story of Evelyn, a woman with a very strong personality, has on the life of Monique, who writes down her words.

Overall, I am surprised by how much I liked this book, because it is not a genre that I choose for myself. But after all, it's just a great story that's really worth reading. ...more

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