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the1trueolivia's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
3.75
bethanyarv26's review
3.0
3.5 ⭐️
Carli isn’t my favorite player or person on the team, but you have to respect her work ethic and reading about how she just never stops was really motivating. Reading this book after reading Hope’s and Abby’s, it was interesting to get a third perspective on some of the same big life events. I think the difference between the three is that Hope and Abby talk a lot about their experience, relationships, and what was going on personally for them. The sections of this book in which Carli talks about the game read more like play by plays, and if you’ve watched that game, it’s skimmable.
Overall, it was nice to get to know more about one of the more mysterious veterans on the team and learn her story and process of how she got to where she is. I’d be interested in reading additional chapters if she were to write them - I’d love to read her thoughts on the Olympics, and then her thoughts on this past World Cup. I know she’s stated that she wasn’t happy being an off-the-bench player, but I’d like to read more about her thoughts there.
Carli isn’t my favorite player or person on the team, but you have to respect her work ethic and reading about how she just never stops was really motivating. Reading this book after reading Hope’s and Abby’s, it was interesting to get a third perspective on some of the same big life events. I think the difference between the three is that Hope and Abby talk a lot about their experience, relationships, and what was going on personally for them. The sections of this book in which Carli talks about the game read more like play by plays, and if you’ve watched that game, it’s skimmable.
Overall, it was nice to get to know more about one of the more mysterious veterans on the team and learn her story and process of how she got to where she is. I’d be interested in reading additional chapters if she were to write them - I’d love to read her thoughts on the Olympics, and then her thoughts on this past World Cup. I know she’s stated that she wasn’t happy being an off-the-bench player, but I’d like to read more about her thoughts there.
stevenk's review
3.0
Her own story from the captain of the 2015 women's world cup winning team. The game recaps from Lloyd's perspective were exciting and worth the read by themselves. Lloyd's training with James Galanis and her message of working hard and being self motivated was great, and her view of internal USWNT politics was also interesting. This was an ok sports memoir, nothing too interesting or ground breaking. Lloyd, still being in the game, doesn't want to give away any "state secrets" so there isn't anything too detailed about her training or the behind the scenes of the game or her personal life to make this book really stand out in a world of many ghost written memoirs, but that's also the kind of memoir I would expect from a solid and non-flashy player that I enjoy watching play.
emdub's review against another edition
2.0
The content was standard for a semi-ghostwritten autobiography, but the writing was terrible. Sixth-grade book report terrible.
fivetilnoon's review
4.0
This book covers Carli Lloyd's soccer career from youth clubs through the 2015 World Cup in Canada.
The book is written in a simple easy-to-read style and I was able to cruise through it in only a couple of days. Most of the book is descriptions of games, which are straightforward and exciting to read. I thought it was worth reading the book just for the descriptions of the 2015 World Cup games. I still remember clearly the rough group stage, Hope Solo's amazing performances, Klingenberg's save in the goal, Julie Johnston's penalty give-away, and the amazement we all had watching Carli Lloyd take control of the final against Japan.
Throughout the book, Lloyd gives some good insight into her thoughts between games and during matches. She covers her ups and downs, disappointments, setbacks, injuries, and comebacks. I was excited to see that the game in St. Louis vs New Zealand that I was in attendance for is in the book, and was considered a pivotal game for Carli Lloyd's performance and for the team.
The book is written in a simple easy-to-read style and I was able to cruise through it in only a couple of days. Most of the book is descriptions of games, which are straightforward and exciting to read. I thought it was worth reading the book just for the descriptions of the 2015 World Cup games. I still remember clearly the rough group stage, Hope Solo's amazing performances, Klingenberg's save in the goal, Julie Johnston's penalty give-away, and the amazement we all had watching Carli Lloyd take control of the final against Japan.
Throughout the book, Lloyd gives some good insight into her thoughts between games and during matches. She covers her ups and downs, disappointments, setbacks, injuries, and comebacks. I was excited to see that the game in St. Louis vs New Zealand that I was in attendance for is in the book, and was considered a pivotal game for Carli Lloyd's performance and for the team.
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