This book was such a page-turner for me given how fascinating it was. It features old Hollywood glamour, the grey complexity of morality and different types of love. Definitely recommend for anyone who loves drama, celebrity culture and a good plot. There’s also a tonne of character development in this novel. Evelyn Hugo is a mesmerising fictional character reminiscent of Elizabeth Taylor. The journalist who is selected to pen her biography; Monique Grant is one who grows amazingly throughout the book as well. I only take issue with the way race is portrayed in this novel. I feel it was surface-level and didn’t dig deep enough with both Monique’s and Evelyn’s characters (who are both POC). I suspect this is primarily because it was written by a white woman. I felt Monique’s biracial identity and Evelyn’s Cuban heritage were simplified and acted as a side-plot to the main plot of the novel. It could have been incorporated a bit more. I don’t think Evelyn dying her hair blonde makes people completely forget her Cuban heritage. It’s interesting she didn’t face much racism in Hollywood besides when her hair was brown…Besides that I think the novel was excellent and it’s why I’d give it 4 stars rather than 5.