Hi guys, it's Olivia here from the lOlivia's Catastrophe and I'm here to give you the
top six reasons why the hype is real and
you should definitely be reading the
Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor
Jenkins Reid. So this book follows Evelyn
Hugo who is this famous Hollywood, like,
superstar actress. And she never does
interviews of anybody. And everybody
wonders why she is going to be giving
away all of these really famous dresses
all of a sudden and selling them
for charity. However, Evelyn also decides
that she's going to do a full spoilery
interview talking about her whole life
story. And for this interview she has
selected this little journalist that
nobody really knows. And this journalist
doesn't even know why everything she has
chosen her. So she goes to me Evelyn Hugo.
Hears her life story and maybe we get
to know why she was specifically chosen
for this interview. Guys, this book was
amazing and it's an absolute new favourite
of mine. And I cannot wait to tell you
why you should be reading this. So the
first thing that I just want to say
about this book is that it's so so well
crafted and very well written. You know
that this author knows how to write. It's
a character driven novel but there is a
plot in this one. And there was a lot of
suspense building up to things. And the
author knows how to drop hints. How to
tell you too much or too little to keep
you engaged. And just really wanting to
know what has happened in Evelyn Hugo's
life. I just think that the author really
knew how to play with our emotions, play
with what we thought. And she was really
guiding us through this story and yeah, I
just think was such a well-written novel.
The second reason, moving on, is the
characters. The characters are so
realistic. I have a friend who read this
from Instagram and she actually thought
Evelyn Hugo was a real person. And this
was like, nonfiction.
That's how realistic these characters
are. And Evelyn Hugo kind of fits
into the grey area. You don't know if
you love her, you don't know if you hate
her. But regardless you are still being
engrossed and wanting to read more about
her. And it's not only Evelyn Hugo. All of
these secondary characters are fleshed
out and are in full detail. I remember
that I buddy read this one with Jade
from Jaded Reader. And we kind of
mentioned how we wanted all these
spin-off stories following the storyline
of all these secondary characters. And we
literally named nearly all of them
because they are all so interesting and
they all literally jump of the page and come
to life. The third reason why I should
read this one is because it has a very
interesting take on the Hollywood
actress kind of lifestyle.
There's a lot that we know about it from
magazines and just all of their like,
drama and gossip that you hear. But
there's also a lot that you don't really
know about the ins and outs of how
difficult it can be to always be staying
trendy, to be staying on top of things. How quick the game can change. And even
though some of these things are things
that I knew like, subconsciously knew, it
just kind of threw it in my face how
brutal this world could be. So it's very
interesting to get a snapshot of the
Hollywood Life. Speaking of, the next
reason why you should read this book is
because it is historical fiction. I think
people tend to forget mentioning that
because this one is set in the past but
not too much in the past. Of course, there
are ties to today and this present day
and your parents might have been alive
back then. But it's still going across
some of these moments in history that
were quite important for American
history. Some of them I didn't know
and I had to look into myself. But yeah, it does
dive into these and it's very important
to remember that this is historical
fiction. Another reason why you should
read this one is because it's got so
much rep. There's biracial and black rep. There is a Latinx rep and there is
also LGBT plus rep. But it's not just
like: oh, here's the rep, let's throw it in.
No, they kind of unpack and discuss all
of these things. But not in a way where
the characters are having discussions. Well, maybe in some cases, but in a lot of
cases, it's just embedded and included
into the story. And it's not like the
main point of the story because the
story has a lot to offer you. But I liked
how it was mentioned and brought into
things. And as well as that the last
reason why you should read this book is
because it has such an interesting take
on the themes of love and marriage. Of
course, you are reading this because
Evelyn Hugo has had seven husbands and
you want to know why she's had seven
husbands. But there's a lot more to all
of her marriages and all of her like,
love stories if you want to call them
that. So I just thought it was very
interesting to see how love can be shown
in so many different ways. How marriage
can be done in so many different ways. And you really do get to see this one in
this book. Please read this book. It's so good. Like, even though the hype is so real it
is just so so so so so worth it. Okay,
that's all I have for you guys today. I
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