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Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

110 reviews

val_theburrowofstories's review

emotional inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Grief, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Body shaming, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical content

Minor: Alcoholism and Racism

m_parker9612's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism and Cancer

kot_zbigniew's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Alcoholism

denisejochems's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Wow! I did not know what to expect from this book, but I really enjoyed this book. It is definitely a must-read if you’re a tennis or sports fan. I am a fan of Carrie Soto 🌟

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism and Addiction

Minor: Racism

thebankofbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Death of parent

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Body shaming

Minor: Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

honestrabbit's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol, Infidelity, and Alcoholism

Minor: Drug abuse, Bullying, and Death of parent

kfquarium's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Cursing and Grief

Minor: Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Sexism, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Medical content, and Misogyny

pkc's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Having read ‘Malibu Rising’, I had no idea how a whole book about Carrie Soto, a troublesome side character in every sense, would fare in her own story, but TJR’s approach is simple - embrace every single that made her troublesome in ‘Malibu…’ but give her a reason and a purpose. The result is almost 400 pages of joyful character development and exploration in a subject that I have little to no interest in (tennis) creating a speedy narrative that I greedily ate up in three sittings. 

I think another key to the success of this story was the supporting cast - Stop’s dad, Javier in particular was a gorgeous treasure. Each of the other tennis players had a distinct, fleshed out and realised persona. In short, it was glorious. You don’t need to have read any of the other TJR celebrity books (‘Malibu Rising’, ‘Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo’ and ‘Daisy Jones and the Six’) but it’s an enjoyable experience getting some of the references. I hope TJR isn’t done with this universe.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism

livmoulick's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

It had a slower start than other TJR books but the same feel good vibe and message.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism and Body shaming

talia1353's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism