The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Book Review

The book "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" was written by the famous American author Taylor Jenkins Reid. It was first published by Atria Books in 2016 It is a novel in the historical fiction genre.

The book tells the story of Evelyn Hugo, an elderly Hollywood actress who, at the age of 69, told an anonymous journalist, Monique Grant, about her life story, which was the latest interview.

According to Reid, Evelyn is loosely based in part on actresses Elizabeth Taylor, who was married eight times to seven different men, and Ava Gardner, who revealed the secrets of her life to a journalist, who published them in Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations. Reid noted that Rita Hayworth was a big inspiration for Evelyn.

The novel became very popular, so it was nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award in 2016, in the Best Historical Fiction category. In 2019, Freeform and Fox 21 Television Studios acquired the rights to the novel Reid then took over as screenwriter.

But in an interview in June 2021, Freeform stated that it had no further rights to the novel, which would be shown on another platform.

Story summary

Monique Grant was selected to interview Evelyn Hugo. He worked as a reporter for Vivant Magazine. Evelyn Hugo auctioned off a gown to raise money for a breast cancer charity. Monique wondered why Elvin liked her for the interview.

When Monique went to see Elvin, Elvin expressed reluctance to give an interview. But Monique wanted to write about Elvin's biography.

Elvin married Erin Diaz when she was just 14, the girl's first marriage. Elvin decided to enter the Hollywood acting world and was persuaded to escape from his extremely harsh and grumpy father.

Harry Cameron was then the producer at Sunset Studios, with whom Evelyn had a good relationship and became very good friends.

The Evelyn girl continues to tempt the producer to improve her career Evelyn has already divorced Erin. When Evelyn's reputation was tarnished by acting with a popular actor, she married an actor named Don Adler. But a few months later, when Don's career was in jeopardy, Evelyn had to admit that she had been abused.

Now the little Evelyn girl is 21 years old. Celia St. James was then a talented actor. Celia St. Evelyn was jealous of James. Evelyn secretly meets and kisses Celia.

To retain her popularity, Evelyn moved to Paris, where she starred in a glamorous movie with the French director. But rumors of Evelyn and Celia's love spread. So Evelyn devised a plan to avoid the media. Singer escapes with Mick River but Evelyn is pregnant.

So Celia became very angry and broke off the relationship. They haven't spoken to each other in five years. While working with Anna Karenina, Evelyn married her co-star and maintained her popularity. They maintained a marital relationship for several years.

Evelyn turned 30 when she made a movie with Max Girard, where she agreed to a sex scene. But he wanted permission from Celia.

The novel has received a lot of positive criticism. The Globe and Mail also called the book "a cinematic tale with hardscrabble roots, staggering highs, and sickening lows." In 2016, it won the finalist award in the monthly best book category.

The novel has been published in Spanish, Polish, Swedish, Portuguese, French,h, and many more languages.

As a reader, you will feel a lot of joy in reading the book. This is one of the unique works of the author. This is a must-read book for those who love to read. There is a lot of learning and knowledge to be found in the book as well as the thrilling story. This award-winning book will have an unimaginable effect on your mind.