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A review by courtneydoss
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
4.0
After hearing impressive things about Taylor Jenkins Reid, and particularly The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, I decided to put in a request for this book from my local library. The story of an old Hollywood starlet with a full, scandalous love life definitely sounded like something I wanted to read. However, the wait list for this particular book was six long weeks, and so I contented myself with Daisy Jones and The Six. My first impression of that book did not bode well for Evelyn Hugo, as I found it stuffy and hard to get into. I tried reading it on Kindle and again on Audio book before finally just scrapping the idea altogether. The fact that I stayed on the wait list for this book was merely out of sheer stubbornness and unwillingness to give up my place in the line after a few weeks. I'm glad that I gave this book a chance though, because I adored it.
Real life Old Hollywood was messy and Evelyn Hugo's fictional version draws upon the drama to tell a compelling story about love, growth, and self-acceptance. The story begins with young journalist Monique Grant finding herself requested by name for a super exclusive article featuring bombshell Evelyn Hugo. When she arrives, she discovers that it has all been a ruse. There is no article. Evelyn isn't interested in helping Monique's employer with an exclusive interview. Instead, she's offering Monique the chance of a lifetime to serve as her official biographer. Over the course of several days, Evelyn's private life is disclosed to Monique, and by the end Miss Hugo has no secrets left.
I think the thing that I loved the most about this book is vaguely spoilerish, so I won't detail it outright except below in a spoiler tag. However, I will say that this book opened up my mind to a whole other type of romance novel that I didn't know I needed so badly. I didn't know that they wrote stuff like this in a compelling, accessible way and I'm so thrilled to have found it. I recommend it highly.
Real life Old Hollywood was messy and Evelyn Hugo's fictional version draws upon the drama to tell a compelling story about love, growth, and self-acceptance. The story begins with young journalist Monique Grant finding herself requested by name for a super exclusive article featuring bombshell Evelyn Hugo. When she arrives, she discovers that it has all been a ruse. There is no article. Evelyn isn't interested in helping Monique's employer with an exclusive interview. Instead, she's offering Monique the chance of a lifetime to serve as her official biographer. Over the course of several days, Evelyn's private life is disclosed to Monique, and by the end Miss Hugo has no secrets left.
I think the thing that I loved the most about this book is vaguely spoilerish, so I won't detail it outright except below in a spoiler tag. However, I will say that this book opened up my mind to a whole other type of romance novel that I didn't know I needed so badly. I didn't know that they wrote stuff like this in a compelling, accessible way and I'm so thrilled to have found it. I recommend it highly.