The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

2017 • 400 pages

Ratings1,653

Average rating4.3

15

This book was such a rollercoaster!

I was quite skeptical in the beginning - a historical fiction about a Hollywood star, boring as hell.
Then, during the first 15 to 20% of the book, I kinda hated Evelyn - she was an immoral person, who used people and then dropped them without a second thought.
And then the story of her life, who she was, how she grew, the relationships she did her best to maintain, the sacrifices she had to make, and most of all her honesty about why she did it all made it all worth it.
By the time the book came to it's ending and the conclusions of a life lived so tumultuously, I was sobbing like an idiot and am not even ashamed of it.

A great book that addresses some very hard topics with the deserved respect and nuance.

August 31, 2022