A review by dagoth_ur
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

emotional reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

A bit of an overrated book in my opinion, just to put this at the start I am a lesbian so my point of view on representation will be around my own experience
  • this was a very fast read and way out of my comfort zone and was a page turner 
  • This was one of those books that I liked but kind of know wasn’t really that good
  • Some parts were written well, and other parts sucked 
  • The stonewall part felt thrown in, like it was just kind of there as a nod rather than having any important impact on any of the characters other than a brief moment of reflection,
  • The use of labels felt really unnatural if that makes sense? I can’t speak on bisexual representation as I’m not 
  • Sometimes the healing witch Celia felt rushed and should have been dwelled upon a bit more
  • I also disliked Monique as a character, all of the characters kept on praising her despite her not really showing any crazy promise she was a bit boring (her personality just reminding me of one of those annoying girl boss type things) she was also extremely unsympathetic twords Evelyn it seemed she ment none of her apologies and simply apologized to make herself feel better. Except for the part where she was mad about her dad, I even wish she was a little more mad or sad about it tho 
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    I also wish Conner was more dwelled upon, like seeing evelyn struggling with combers death like Henry would have been interesting
  • The writing style also just felt really detached a more flowery writing style would have been perfect for the story to emphasize the tragic parts but I understand it wouldn’t have fit well with the framing but even then;  on the topic of framing the kinglier chronicles has similar framing (kvote telling his story to be written, kvoth being a bardish person and evelyn being an actress, there was most definitely room for better writing)