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Robert Jamison
Mick Riva is a pop star and Evelyn’s third husband. Mick makes his attraction to Evelyn public by expressing his desire to marry her during interviews, suggesting he’s an extremely confident man who can imagine Evelyn reciprocating his interest. When Evelyn decides to elope with Mick to grab media attention, she understands that he’s an ego-driven man who wants to always have the upper hand. Mick’s preoccupation with glamour and physical beauty becomes even clearer the night after his elopement with Evelyn when, after a night of deliberately lackluster sex on her part, he immediately tires of her and suggests an annulment.
Mick Riva Quotes in The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
The The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo quotes below are all either spoken by Mick Riva or refer to Mick Riva. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 2 Quotes
There are two men seated next to her, names lost to history, who are staring at her as she looks ahead at the stage. The man next to her is staring at her chest. The one next to him is staring at her thigh. Both of them seem enraptured and hoping to see the tiniest bit farther.
Maybe I’m overthinking that photo, but I’m starting to notice a pattern: Evelyn always leaves you hoping you’ll get just a little bit more. And she always denies you.
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Chapter 68 Quotes
Evelyn was never going to let the thing that made her be the thing to destroy her. She was never going to let anything, even a part of her body, have that sort of power.
Evelyn is going to die when she wants to.
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Mick Riva Character Timeline in The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
The timeline below shows where the character Mick Riva appears in The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 25
An article in Photomoment reports that Mick Riva, a famous singer, is interested in Evelyn Hugo. Evelyn has become a sensation thanks...
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Chapter 26
Evelyn accepts an invitation to see Mick Riva perform at the Hollywood Bowl, and though she wants to go with just Celia,...
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Chapter 27
Evelyn tells Celia she’s going on a date with Mick. Celia becomes angry, but Evelyn says they don’t have a choice if they want to...
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...too much to let her live a life centered around her. She plans to let Mick elope with her, and then to have the marriage annulled. People will stop focusing on...
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Chapter 28
...goes out to an LA club wearing a cream-colored dress and diamond earrings. She and Mick would both benefit from this arrangement: she wants to get people’s attention, and Mick wants...
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...the casino, Evelyn drinks champagne to bring a celebratory air to the evening and catches Mick’s attention when she celebrates a roulette win. When he asks to leave with her, she...
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Because Evelyn doesn’t want to have sex with Mick more than once, she needs to disappoint him the first time. She allows him to...
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An article in Photomoment reports Evelyn and Mick’s elopement and asks whether one more failed marriage for the both of them is a...
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Chapter 29
...She realizes that Celia didn’t fully understand that she had planned to have sex with Mick.
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