The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

“Sometimes reality comes crashing down on you. Other times reality simply waits, patiently, for you to run out of the energy it takes to deny it.”

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

April 22, 2023 by cheerbrarian Leave a Comment

The first Taylor Jenkins Reid book I consumed was Daisy Jones and the Six, as nudged by the Reese Witherspoon book club. I listened to the audio, and it was an amazing ride: with a star-studded cast (Judy Greer! Benjamin Bratt!). It felt like listening to an episode of Vh1 Behind the Music, and I greedily lapped up every second of it. My next TJR was Carrie Soto is Back, her latest book, published in 2022. This time around, Carrie Soto is the retired GOAT […]

“…reality simply waits, patiently, for you to run out of the energy it takes to deny it.”

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

February 1, 2021 by Blingle Bells 1 Comment

Next up on my “Pajiba recommendations for sure shot books until I pay my library fines” list – in case anyone is wondering, my fines are paid and I’m now a fully operational library patron again and forevermore – The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. Basic premise – Evelyn is an aging, reclusive old Hollywood star giving the scoop of a lifetime to a reporter for a Vogue-surrogate magazine. Evelyn is brash, confident, and chilly. Monique, the reporter, is floating along letting her life happen […]

This Year’s Girl

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

January 13, 2021 by Jake 1 Comment

Early on in The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, I was getting frustrated. I wanted to know why Taylor Jenkins Reid was using the journalist framing device to extract such detail around the curiosity of a multiple married woman. Don’t get me wrong; I know celebrity relationships are a constant source of fascination with folks. But I just didn’t feel like it made for an interesting story. I wanted to read about this fictional Evelyn Hugo staring in fictional movies, getting into fictional Hollywood feuds, etc. And […]

Hugo has weathered her share of Hollywood scandals.

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Evidence of the Affair by Taylor Jenkins Reid

December 10, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

This is the second to most recent Taylor Jenkins Reid novel and I think it completes my reading (well, listening) through all her books. This is the most ambitious of the books and has one of the most impactful moments I’ve found in her writing, to the point where I actually said “Holy shit!” and was pleased by how invested I felt with it. It also had a kind of crushing little ending note too. The premise: Monique Grant has been contacted by her job […]

“Heartbreak is a loss. Divorce is a piece of paper.”

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

October 10, 2019 by Malin Leave a Comment

Earlier this year, Taylor Jenkins Reid published Daisy Jones and the Six, which has generally been very well received critically and keeps popping up on “Must read” lists. In several review of that book, I saw this, Jenkins Reid’s previous release, from 2017, highly recommended. Several people who were so-so on Daisy Jones and the Six claimed to prefer The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, and as movie stars seemed more intriguing to me than rock stars, I decided to give it a try. There are multiple narratives in […]

One of My Favorite Books of the Year

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

August 27, 2019 by Jen K 2 Comments

This novel had been on my radar and TBR list ever since narfna’s review over a year ago. I didn’t end up reading it till this past May because I was on a fantasy kick and wasn’t sure if I was in the mood for something more straightforward. However, I finally hit the point where I needed to switch it up so my reading has been a bit more varied this year. I met a good friend of mine for coffee shortly after reading this […]

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