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Book cover: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. A woman stands in a glamorous green dress. We cannot see her face.

Celia Sucks: A Rant About Evelyn Hugo

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

January 27, 2022 by Sofi Keren 3 Comments

Once a year it’s my turn to pick a book for my long-running book club. And every year, I choose a book about lesbians. Last time, it was The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters. One of my book club friends’ grandma decided to read it also and was mildly scandalized by the fairly graphic sex scenes. This year I chose The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, mostly because lesbian Twitter called it dramatic adjectives like “gutting.” My guts stayed firmly in place, but I did […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fiction Tagged With: Hollywood, husbands, lgbtq fiction, Spoilers, Taylor Jenkins Reid

Sofi Keren's CBR14 Review No:4 · Genres: Book Club, Fiction · Tags: Hollywood, husbands, lgbtq fiction, Spoilers, Taylor Jenkins Reid ·
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