Book Review (more just a pile of my personal opinions from my personal experiences)

Title: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid

Year: 2017

Genre: Fiction, romance, Historical Fiction, Queer, Hollywood

Queer shit: SO MUCH! You got gays, you got lesbians, you got bisexuals.

Vibe Check: Glam, queer, struggle for love, our self that we put into the world and our self we truly are. What we do and give up for what is most important to us. Dignity.

Pile of Opinions: I read this book right after an overly heterosexual romance and had very low expectations of loving this book. This one was recommended by people and kept popping up on social media. Every so often I have to buy books that have been haunting me and pop up everywhere. I knew nothing about this book when I started it other than it was about a hard tear who was a famous actress in the 50’s. This book is about a 79 year old woman who was a famous movie star for decades and disappeared from the spotlight years ago, and she is finally ready to share her full story. This story is the journey of her telling her life story to a biographer. Her life, relationships, secrets, and most importantly the truths behind her seven husbands and who her true love was. I enjoyed this story for the characters and the stories. I loved to see character growth and hear the stories of these people across decades of their lives. The friendships in this were as good as the romance, which is not as common in books as I’d like and also one of my favorite things. Books that have friendships as interesting and important and nurtured as much as the romantic entanglements give me life. I finished this book and was ready to read it again immediately. This would be a great book to bring on a weekend away or vacation because the storytelling feels best read in a few sittings (or one sitting if you really want it). Looking forward to reading this book again soon.