Hi there! This is my review for my favorite book I've read in 2019!

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I have so many thoughts running through my head as I write this. One of them being that (even though I'm sure I've said this before) this is one of the best books I've ever had the very great pleasure to read, maybe even THE best book that I've ever read.

This story is gorgeous. It's heart-wrenching and beautiful and inspiring and infuriating. Evelyn Hugo, the subject of this fictional biography, is one of the most well-conceived and filled out characters that I've got to know. I fell in love with her during the course of this book, even if there were moments when she was cold-hearted and calculating. Her love story, her *real* love story, brought me to tears more than a couple of times, as well as the relationship between her and her closest male friend and the one she had with her daughter.

This book spans several decades and lays out the decadence and over-the-top lifestyles of film stars in the 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's. It's a very visual book and so easy to perfectly imagine the many settings and cast of characters. It's a very feminist novel, but not in a manner that smacks you in the face with it. It's a piece of LGBTQ+ history that I was largely unaware of. Beyond all that, it's just a beautiful book that will linger in my mind and heart for a very long time.



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