Lessons from Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo — Mid Review

So, it was December 31st and I had my normal book crave. I searched my Pinterest board for books and left unsatisfied. I opened up my Scribd and behold ‘Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo’.

Now, I’d been seeing this book for months earlier in 2021 and thought it sounded interesting- I mean, the title fulfilled its mission 😅, but I didn’t read it because:

1. I wasn’t sold by the cover
2. I had other books I was reading
3. It was just not my type of genre

But I was bored and thought all right, it’s your time. And I started. And went…

This book had me go ‘boy!’

Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo meets the expectation it creates from its title. Off the bat, it introduces a writer, Evelyn Hugo, and the main story — why SEVEN husbands?

Now, I’m a hardcore YA/Paranormal reader so everything about the book was different; the style of writing and the major sense that you are following someone’s life (like a biography). There is no world-shattering danger and certainly no hero to save the world. Yet, the book is just as good, differently good.

To say I’m intrigued by Evelyn is an understatement. She firmly believes that if you want something, you go get it; you do all it takes to get it. And that’s where my place of learning is.

Sometimes, it is good advice to go for it no matter what it takes but ‘by all means necessary’ is worrisome if you have to go against your boundaries or values.

I’m following Evelyn’s life and seeing how she made some decisions because she believed she had to. She does not necessarily regret some of them and would repeat them if she had to but little by little, they shaped her legacy and the life she got to live. One particular decision she made believing it was the only option, albeit with a good intention, ended up destroying the relationship she made the choice for.

I’m taking away that there are always options and the choice I make defines the type of person I become and along the way, the type of life I’ll live, regardless of my intentions.

Also, seeing an option as the only option can be the start of doom. Oftentimes, discussing the problem with someone of a different outlook or perspective brings in a new take and a different solution.

Until next time,

Dayo

(P.S: At the point of typing, I was yet to complete the book due to new year celebrations!)

Edit: I’m finally done, my final review is here.