Author: Taylor Jenkins ReidTitle: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Genre: Fiction/Historical
Publisher: Atria Books/Random House Audio
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Jenkins Reid does know how to write problematic characters. Evelyn Hugo isn't in any way all that likable. All the same, I felt for her story and in the end, she had a place in my heart.
Why did that happen? Evelyn Hugo has had a long life filled with success and heartbreak. When she starts telling her story to Monique, the young journalist she insists on sharing it with, we slowly but surely get a glimpse of a strong woman with a great desire to be someone. She's manipulative, smart and knows how to use her looks to get what she wants. The stories about how and why she married her husbands make me mostly sad, because this isn't really a happy book. I like happy books, but just as Daisy Jones, Evelyn had me so interested in her story that I held on till the end. Which I'm very glad I did.
What's so good then? Like I said, this is not a happy book. Neither is it devastating. It's matter-of-fact and still filled with emotion. It contains a lot of food for thought. Like how women were and are perceived, LGBT-rights, love, friendship and family and how sometimes you make the wrong choices. How you grow old and then realize how much time you've wasted, even when you've succeeded in what you set out to do.
Monique didn't really interest me. I understand her part in the story, but I could have been without it. Still, Evelyn's story did get a whole different impact when told like this - rather than the book being told in present form. The ending was in part suspected, but did also surprise me. I also appreciated the short articles between the stories, as well. It really gave the feeling of what life Evelyn was living.
Jenkins Reid does know how to write problematic characters. Evelyn Hugo isn't in any way all that likable. All the same, I felt for her story and in the end, she had a place in my heart.
Why did that happen? Evelyn Hugo has had a long life filled with success and heartbreak. When she starts telling her story to Monique, the young journalist she insists on sharing it with, we slowly but surely get a glimpse of a strong woman with a great desire to be someone. She's manipulative, smart and knows how to use her looks to get what she wants. The stories about how and why she married her husbands make me mostly sad, because this isn't really a happy book. I like happy books, but just as Daisy Jones, Evelyn had me so interested in her story that I held on till the end. Which I'm very glad I did.
What's so good then? Like I said, this is not a happy book. Neither is it devastating. It's matter-of-fact and still filled with emotion. It contains a lot of food for thought. Like how women were and are perceived, LGBT-rights, love, friendship and family and how sometimes you make the wrong choices. How you grow old and then realize how much time you've wasted, even when you've succeeded in what you set out to do.
Monique didn't really interest me. I understand her part in the story, but I could have been without it. Still, Evelyn's story did get a whole different impact when told like this - rather than the book being told in present form. The ending was in part suspected, but did also surprise me. I also appreciated the short articles between the stories, as well. It really gave the feeling of what life Evelyn was living.
4 of 5 oscars
/ Denise
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