6/1/2023 0 Comments Malibu rising evelyn hugo![]() ![]() I didn’t despise Hugo, but I wasn’t rooting for her either. As I’ve written before, readers want to root for intrinsically flawed people – to a degree. For the reader, having Monique as one of the narrators is helpful because the chapters go back and forth between Hugo’s first-person account of her life and Monique’s first-person account of interviewing Hugo.īut the larger issue is that Hugo is unlikable. Her name is Monique and it’s clear from the beginning that the novel’s larger reveal is going to involve her. ![]() Similar to Daisy Jones, Seven Husbands features a writer who functions as a narrator. Instead, it’s more about what they represent. While I did enjoy the book – as I’ve said many times before, Reid is an excellent writer and knows how to create dialogue better than most – this story was my least favorite of the three.Īlthough it is chronologically organized around Hugo’s seven husbands, the narrative is not really about them. But Evelyn Hugo was another level of sadness, twists, and reveals. ![]() Daisy Jones & The Six featured a surprising twist and Malibu Rising revealed all kinds of family secrets. Since this is the third book I’ve read by Taylor Jenkins Reid, I should have expected the unexpected. ![]()
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