This is my first Taylor Jenkins Reid book and the writing is absolutely so beautifully addicting. The characters were dimensional and complex, they were neither good nor bad, but simply human. It felt so put together, so powerful, so well executed… I don’t know. I wish I could make my feelings really show themselves through writing.

I don’t even know where to start. I was addicted right from the first couple chapters. It’s so crazy to know how immersed I was in this fake Hollywood actress and her life. Evelyn Hugo’s life felt so crazy, so raw, so outrageous you think “absolutely not real”, yet here I am eating up every word and wholeheartedly believing she is a real person while doing it. Her life is just so complex. It’s quite sad to think about it though… her circumstances and what she had to do to achieve what she thought she wanted her whole life only to realize she was fighting for the wrong thing while losing absolutely everyone she loved in the process.

Monique… I think I related to her in many ways. Like, in her desire to please everybody even if it doesn’t benefit her and while to an extent that’s a great quality to have, Evelyn brought out a stronger and more authoritative side in her. A side that advocates and fights for herself. I also relate to Monique’s feelings towards Evelyn at the end, which if you’ve read it you’d understand the complexity of it. I don’t think I’ll ever have one set of settled feelings about this book.