“You imagine a world where the two of you can go out to dinner together on a Saturday night and no one thinks about it. It makes you want to cry, the simplicity of it, the smallness of it. You have worked so hard for a life so grand. And now all you want are the smallest freedoms. The daily peace of loving plainly.”
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
just found out ana de armas (aka my dream fancast for evelyn hugo) is starring in a marilyn monroe biopic……………….. please give me a moment to scream. this is perfect
“If there are all different kinds of soulmates…then you are mine.”
I finally read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (it is now one of my favorite books) and I had to draw Evelyn and Harry. Their friendship was so touching and the whole theme of found family left me in tears over and over again.❤️
To anyone reading The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo. I feel bad for you, about the fact that you’ll be on your floor trying to rip your heart out real soon, may all the kind forces be with you, and may you heal soon :)
This was a blisteringly fast and exceedingly fun read. While Reid isn’t necessarily the best writer — I found Monique’s interspersing storyline to be much weaker than Evelyn’s overall story — damn does she know how to tell a riveting tale. And it’s easy to see why this book is so popular.
Reid has written it like a Hollywood tell-all and memoir — which it technically is — and that conceit unfolds in a brisk and entertaining manner as Evelyn recounts aspects of her life to her biographer, Monique. The capturing of that old Hollywood feel and the way certain characters feel like throwbacks to old Hollywood stars or even Leyendecker artwork is *chef finger kiss*.
A totally fun and great vacation read. I was totally rooting for Evelyn and Celia throughout the book. And while I know their story is tinged with regrets, I think the way it unfolded it was perfect and accurate to them. I only wish Lauren Bacall could have read the audiobook. I’m curious to see who they’ll cast as Evelyn.
