After seeing this book all over #bookstagram I thought I had it figured out and knew what to expect. From the get go I realized how incredibly wrong I was.
This book was so good, it was ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ stars and for me that means it was a book I couldn’t put down and I couldn’t stop thinking about when I had to put it down. Evelyn Hugo captured me, just like she did everyone she met in the book. I was completely entranced with her story and who she was and how she spun her story to cover everything else.
I think I really enjoyed this because it felt like a mystery. We are trying to figure out what really happened and connect all the pieces. I highly recommend this book to you if you like memoirs and/or mysteries because in a way it is a memoir and when you possess the amount of wealth and star power Evelyn did, there is an element of mystery that must be revealed.
TW: alcoholism, sexual assault, abuse, domestic abuse, suicide, being a member of the LGBTQIA community when Reagan was president
This wasn’t always an easy story to read. Evelyn isn’t a real person, but what she endured is real. To so many people. And having that story be told only empowers others.
I’m not an expert in discussing sexuality and I won’t pretend to be. I’m not as educated on the LGBTQIA community as I should be in 2020. I still don’t know the right way to say things and what I have the right to say as a straight, white female. But I can appreciate when a book brings more perspective and attention to something and encourages me to want to learn more. Evelyn did that for me.
I know her story as a whole is unique, but pieces of it are reality for so many.
My six word review:
Money won’t make the loneliness
