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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Taylor Jenkins Reid

Start date: May 1, 2019

Finish date: May 31, 2019

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Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

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Jul 28, 2019 May rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fiction

Definitely worth the hype.
NO Spoilers ahead :'D

"I was gorgeous, even at fourteen. Oh, I know the whole world prefers a woman who doesn’t know her power, but I’m sick of all that. I turned heads. Now, I take no pride in this. I didn’t make my own face. I didn’t give myself this body. But I’m also not going to sit here and say, ‘Aw, shucks. People really thought I was pretty?’ like some kind of prig."

"I asked him why. Why couldn’t he just work at home? Why did he have to take this job?
He told me h ...more

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Aug 03, 2019 giulia ✿ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: lgbtq, less-than-400-pages, must-read-authors, historical-fiction, contemporary, mysterythrillerhorror, favorites, adult, romance, historical-romance

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. "I'm not a good person, Monique. Make sure, in the book, that that's clear. That I'm not claiming to be good. That I did a lot of things that hurt a lot of people, and I would to them over again if I had to."

Evelyn Hugo was a complex character and I loved her.
Everything about her, her charm and her presence was fascinating. Everybody saw a body, while her intellect was the most beautiful part, in my opinion.
She was wicked, she was loving, kind and unkind.

"I'm bisexual. Don't ...more

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Nov 23, 2019 Vanessa B. ♡ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favourites, 2019-reads

I don't know what to say.. This was too good!

The first book I read by Taylor Jenkins Reid was Daisy Jones & The Six, which I liked but never really loved. It was obvious to me that I would not like any characters and even though it was a good book, I read it without feeling connected to the story.

This was not the case with this story. Evelyn Hugo made a lot of mistakes and was very complicated, but I love her. She was beautiful inside and out and when she loved someone, she could do anything f ...more

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Apr 25, 2019 Kylie Amber rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

wowowowow.

Comment below who your fav husband was im curious!

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Apr 20, 2019 Shweta Padma Das rated it it was amazing

This is simply brilliant. All that you expect from the title, it delivers that and more.

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Jan 06, 2020 Luci Limón rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I'm still trying to process everything I read and I think it's going to take time... there's just so much to take in.

First of all, what the hell do I think about Evelyn?!
I've always tried to see people not like a white or black categorization but more in the gray range, but in all honesty, there are some things that my SJW self just doesn't let go of so easily, and that includes pretty much everything Evelyn has done. But then I reach the ending, plot twist included, and I start to see WHY she d ...more

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Nov 15, 2019 Sagal Bashir rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, audiobook

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This is my first read from Taylor's and I can now tell that it wont be my last, Cuz' Im definitely going to be read all of her works if it's this great as this book.(which of course of betting it will be.)

Evelyn Hugo was a character I was yet to meet someday. You could get as much famous as you like but you'll never be satisfied. The one thing that mattered to her in the end was family, which she took it for granted. She wasnt the kindness. Her childhood was tragic, specially with her mom being This is my first read from Taylor's and I can now tell that it wont be my last, Cuz' Im definitely going to be read all of her works if it's this great as this book.(which of course of betting it will be.)

Evelyn Hugo was a character I was yet to meet someday. You could get as much famous as you like but you'll never be satisfied. The one thing that mattered to her in the end was family, which she took it for granted. She wasnt the kindness. Her childhood was tragic, specially with her mom being the only sunflower in her life, passing away while Evelyn was 11. So she grew up her knowing that doing the ugly things might be the only ticket to her freedom.

"When you're given an opportunity to change your life, be ready to do whatever it takes to make it happen. The world doesn't give things, you take things" is what Evelyn told Monique on the first day.

Now, Monique. Her career wasnt going well but that didnt stop her from continuing. "The world respects people who think they should be running it. Then Evenly comes in to her life. Asking her write Evelyn's autobiography. The full truth story from the beginning of her life. With the most famous part of her life, her Seven husbands. The book is to be released after her death. The reason for this is because Monique had something to do in it that she later finished out from Evelyn in the last parts of the book. Monique's father was Harry Cameron's last lover. Evelyn finds a letter inside Harry's pockets addressed to him. Which mentions Monique's mother and herself (as "my daughter"). Evelyn, back in 1989, set up the accident to make Monique's father as drunk sappy driver while taking Harry away from the scene. Monique, lied for nearly thirty years, now sees Evelyn even more differently. It will take some awhile for Monique to forgive her.

And as they finish. On their final meeting. Evelyn says goodbye in the only way Monique understood. She was going to take her life and be with her mom, Harry, Conner, and the love of her life, Celia. Monique respected her decision because of a previous piece that she had wrote about. Right-To-Die. After Evelyn death, Monique publishes the book.

Truly an amazing story. I was really happy to find out that this indeed was easy to read. I imagined for some reason, it wouldnt be. This is a book that I'll be surely reread it.
okay, Favorite Husband?
the Kindhearted, Harry. ...more

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