Book · 2017
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
A reclusive Old Hollywood starlet finally tells a nobody magazine writer the truth about her seven marriages, and why she picked her.
What does Reddit think of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo?
r/suggestmeabook carries almost all of this one: 495 of 506 tracked mentions, against eight in r/Fantasy and three in r/printSF. Mention volume peaked in 2021 at 116 before settling into the 50-65 range every year since. The consensus read is simple: go in blind. A 160-upvote comment describes finishing it in one sitting after expecting nothing specific going in. It keeps getting placed alongside Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow and The Vanishing Half as a recent favorite (↑100), and paired with Daisy Jones & the Six (↑111) as the other Taylor Jenkins Reid book people should read. Not everyone's sold. A 130-upvote comment is just "Not for me," no follow-up demanded. And a 236-upvote list buries it among ten-plus other thrillers and gothic novels, which suggests some recommenders reach for the title as a safe filler pick rather than a specific argument for it.
Community feedback & reader fit
Themes
- · the go-in-blind recommendation ritual
- · Taylor Jenkins Reid extended universe (Daisy Jones & the Six)
- · placement among recent literary-fiction favorites
- · a 2021 mention spike that has since cooled
Common praise
- + Readers report finishing it in one sitting after going in blind (↑160), and treat not knowing the plot beforehand as the ideal way to read it.
- + One commenter (↑100) names it a favorite alongside Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow and The Vanishing Half, filing it with recent literary fiction rather than genre beach reads.
- + The Daisy Jones & the Six pairing (↑111) works as a Taylor Jenkins Reid starter pack, recommending the author's catalogue rather than just this one title.
Common criticism
- − One dissent flatly rejects it — "Not for me" at 130 upvotes — with no explanation offered or asked for.
- − A 236-upvote list drops the title into a pile of ten-plus other thrillers and gothic novels, which reads more like generic filler than a considered pick.
- − Mention volume has more than halved since its 2021 peak of 116, landing at 50 in 2025, so the recommending momentum has visibly cooled even as the book stays in rotation.
Who it's for
Go in without reading a synopsis if you can manage it; the one-sitting reaction (↑160) depends on not knowing where the twist lands. If Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow or The Vanishing Half already worked for you, this sits in the same rotation according to the same commenter (↑100). Committed skeptics of Taylor Jenkins Reid won't be talked out of it here, since the strongest dissent on record is a two-word verdict (↑130) rather than an argument, so there's nothing specific to rebut if you're already unconvinced.
Mentions over time
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Which Reddit comments matter for The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo?
Top-upvoted quotes across the subreddits where this book is mentioned. Click through to read the full thread.
“Dark Places by Gillian Flynn The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno Garcia The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evel…
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“{{The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo}} Went into this one blind, expected none of it, finished it in one sitting.
“She probably won’t let you read them, but adding to your list anyway because I think 14 is old enough to read what you want (shakes my cane in the air - back in mg day YA books really weren’t much of a thing, so everyone I knew was reading adult books almost exclusively by 11 or 12.) My Year of Re…
“Seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo. Not for me.
“Daisy Jones & the Six The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
“The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo was my favorite. Some close seconds are Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, and The Vanishing Half
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo — frequently asked
Is The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo worth reading blind, without knowing the plot?+
Reddit's top comment on it says yes: a 160-upvote review describes going in blind and finishing in one sitting, with no advance sense of where it was headed. That's the common framing in r/suggestmeabook, which carries 495 of the book's 506 tracked mentions — the pitch running through the threads is the experience of not knowing what's coming, not a specific plot hook you can be sold on in advance.
Does everyone on Reddit like The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo?+
No. Alongside the favorites talk, a 130-upvote comment reads only "Not for me," full stop, with nobody pressing for more. The book still clears 495 mentions in r/suggestmeabook against 8 in r/Fantasy and 3 in r/printSF, so the volume is real, but the top dissent isn't interested in defending the position any further than two words.
What should I read after The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo?+
The most common pairing in the tracked threads is Daisy Jones & the Six (↑111), same author, treated almost as a package deal. Outside her catalogue, a 100-upvote comment lists it as a favorite next to Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow and The Vanishing Half — recent literary fiction, not genre thrillers, which tells you what shelf Reddit puts it on.
Is The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo appropriate for a teenager?+
One thread recommends it to a 14-year-old (↑149) alongside adult literary fiction, with the commenter joking about being an unusually permissive, cane-shaking parent by comparison. That's the only direct data point on age in the tracked mentions; there's no broader Reddit consensus either way, and the book isn't marketed or discussed as YA anywhere else in the sample.