I had read a long time ago somewhere that Elizabeth Taylor, the actor married seven or eight times. I suppose Taylor Jenkins based this book on the life of one of these actors. The protagonist, Evelyn Hugo is a pragmatic, strong, determined and goal-oriented lady. She is portrayed as a well-endowed, mesmerising beauty, who uses her killer looks to scale up the career ladder. So, the whole story revolves around her, who becomes a world-renowned actor and to get to that position she marries, divorces, marries, divorces… some due to marital strife and others for other reasons.
 
The book has seven parts, one for each husband and I liked the way each of these husbands had an adjective to describe them in brief.

POOR Ernie
GODDAMN Don Adler
GULLIBLE Mick Riva
CLEVER Rex North
BRILLIANT, KINDHEARTED, TORTURED Harry Cameron
DISAPPOINTING Max Girard
AGREEABLE Robert Jamison

 
Though it is a fast paced, easy read, coming of age novel, I am not fond of reading this genre which feels like reading a gossip column of a film magazine or like watching some soap. I am sorry if I offend those who enjoyed this book. Because every other person was talking about this book, I thought of reading it too. But surely, I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys this genre!!