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4.26 AVERAGE
4.26 AVERAGE
I honestly don’t know how Taylor Jenkins Reid did it, but I read a book about tennis. A whole book. About tennis. And I liked it? TJR is so good in writing such realistic stories which made this book so interesting, just like the other books I’ve read written by her. I loved the storyline and it read so quickly and it was honestly a joy to read this book. The only downside to this book is the fact that it’s completely about tennis. I would’ve expected another storyline to intertwine, but that didn’t happen. This made the book sometimes a little too repetitive, but still like I said, I really enjoyed it!
emotional
funny
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
I’ve liked a lot of Reid’s other books, but this wasn’t for me. It was very similar to the plot of Cars 3. And don’t get me started on the Spanish.
I wasnt looking forward to this book much in the beginning because i was expecting it to be about winning, ambition, resilience and all that, which i thought i wouldn’t resonate with much. But it turned out to be so much more; it was about a beautiful father daughter relationship, with all its ups and downs; it was about the internal battle of learning how to accept, to live, to show your emotions, and that i ended up relating to a lot. I also thought I didn’t care much about tennis until the passage where Soto wins Wimbledon; the slow, descriptive writing made the moment feel so raw and emotional, and i was truly surprised that Reid could make me care so much about a heroine and story i thought i wouldn’t like in the beginning. Probably one of her best works.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
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
This was so addicting.. I didn’t want to put it down. “For the first time in my life, I can be…something else” brb so I can go cry. 4.5 stars ⭐️