The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Thursday, Mar. 27, 2025--San Antonio

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid was published 7 years ago.  I decided to read it because I read a short blurb on a news website about anticipated upcoming films and series later this year.  I've always found the original books to be better than the films or series made of them.  Books just have so much more detail than can be included on film.  It's the story of a sexy Cuban refugee living in Hell's Kitchen in New York making her escape and rising to become a very wealthy Oscar-winning film star and co-producer who marries 7 different men and eventually lives a reclusive life.  It makes me think of Elizabeth Taylor (multiple husbands), Greta Garbo (reclusive), and Raquel Welch (sexy and a name hiding her Latin heritage) among others.  It's also the story of an actress strongly protecting her reputation at great personal cost.  The entire book takes place within a two-week period when she is meeting with an author she has chosen to write her official biography with legal agreements that it cannot be published until she dies.  She wants the REAL story of her life (versus the one the public knows from paparazzi publications) to be told.  The book has sold over 5 million copies since it was published, and it definitely kept me interested and picking it up to continue reading as often as I could.  I rated the book 4 1/2 stars out of 5.