Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid
Length: 400 pages
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
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“From the New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & the Six–an entrancing and ‘wildly addictive journey of a reclusive Hollywood starlet’ (PopSugar) as she reflects on her relentless rise to the top and the risks she took, the loves she lost, and the long-held secrets the public could never imagine. Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now?
Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband has left her, and her professional life is going nowhere. Regardless of why Evelyn has selected her to write her biography, Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career.
Summoned to Evelyn’s luxurious apartment, Monique listens in fascination as the actress tells her story. From making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the ’80s, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way, Evelyn unspools a tale of ruthless ambition, unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love. Monique begins to feel a very real connection to the legendary star, but as Evelyn’s story near its conclusion, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique’s own in tragic and irreversible ways.”
Janet Dore –
“It’s always been fascinating to me how things can be simultaneously true and false, how people can be good and bad all in one, how someone can love you in a way that is beautifully selfless while serving themselves ruthlessly.”
This book was so delicious that I devoured it in less than a week. Typically, when a book gets a lot of hype, my feelings are much more lukewarm. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is a definite exception to this rule-of-thumb.
This is intelligent “chick it” at its best. I even know a couple of sensitive men who would be into it.
Character development is one of the biggest standouts of this book for me. They were were authentic, they were fake, they were givers, they were takers, they were wise, they were clueless. They were perfectly imperfect…just like we all are. Evelyn’s complexity was both fascinating and torturous…I adored her so much that I didn’t want to be disappointed in her as often as I was.
I also loved that I wasn’t distracted by predictability, which I often am with “chick lit” books. There were so many paths this story could take at any given point that all I wanted to do was keep turning the page to see which one it was going to be.
The perfect companion to this book is Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates, so if you end up loving this one, go get that one!