The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Taylor Jenkins Reid 2017

Devastation Rating

Emotionally Ruined
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Our Take

Evelyn Hugo has lived an entire life hiding the one thing she actually loved. Reid's Hollywood historical is not subtle, but the accumulated weight of seven marriages in service of concealment is genuinely devastating. The final reveal earns its emotional payoff — not because it is a surprise but because you see the cost of it at last.

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