While the closet comes with occasional bouts of shame and entangles issues into relationships, the internalized homophobia is not a strong aspect of the story. With all characters under tabloid spotlight, they fear social repercussions of coming out or getting caught. LGBTQ content assessmentĮvelyn’s story takes place over the course of several decades–the bulk of which happens in the 50s and into the 80s, where her identity, her love interest’s identity, their relationship, her best friend’s identity and his relationships, are all kept secret. Evelyn’s primary love interest is an assumed lesbian while her best friend is a gay man. Characters/RelationshipsĮvelyn Hugo is bisexual and makes very clear and direct indications of this at a few different point throughout the book. Through the project, Evelyn describes all seven of her marriages–of which she’s outlived each husband while Monique aims to discover the true love of Evelyn’s life. LGBTQ Book, Evelyn Hugo: Light spoilers Genre/PlotĪged yet still glamours Hollywood royalty, Evelyn Hugo, recruits new journalist, Monique, to write her biography.

A case could be made for “coming out later in life”.Read 10 (or more) sapphic books in 2021 to participate! You can read Jae’s full rules and guidelines on her website.Įvelyn Hugo fits into the following category for the Sapphic Reader Challenge: I read Evelyn Hugo as part of Jae’s Sapphic Reader Challenge. You can find all LGBTQ book reviews here. Catch up on my last book review of The Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smyth. Welcome to another LGBTQ book review! All reviews touch on genre/plot, tropes (if any), quality of LGBTQ content, and avoid most spoilers.

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