The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo follows two central characters. One is the 79 year old actress, Evelyn Hugo; the other is the younger journalist Monique Grant. The story kicks off when the extremely popular Evelyn Hugo requests that she be interviewed specifically by Monique Grant. This raises some suspicions from Monique’s editor-in-chief at her publication, but it’s too good of an opportunity for them to refuse Hugo’s request.
When Monique finally sits down with Evelyn, we see that Evelyn had no intention of doing an interview and that she merely wants Monique to write her tell-all autobiography. But why Monique?
Monique inevitably accepts the job (keeping it a secret from her boss at first), and then the book begins to read as a real autobiography of Evelyn Hugo’s life. We see her rise to fame in Hollywood, we see all of her marriages play out, as well as the real reason why she had so many husbands in the first place. And we see all of the tragedy that surrounds her life. We also find out the real reason she chose Monique to write her autobiography.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is an engrossing tale that makes its star character feel like a real person; a strength that the author Taylor Jenkins Reid seems to have in all her books. I went into this book not knowing what to expect and I was quite impressed with how compelling it was. There are many different social themes that are tapped into during the course of this book, but never once did I feel like these themes were forced or out of place.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo was a 5 star book for me.
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