Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

30 reviews

caitlinjadams's review against another edition

lighthearted relaxing sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Would I have liked this book as much if I didn’t love the movie “Wimbledon”? Unclear. But it was an enjoyable read—as easy to put down as it was to pick up again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Misogyny, Cancer, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Infidelity

hannahcheung's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

i loved the relationships between carrie and everyone else, but sometimes i cannot stand her arrogance. the pride comes before the fall!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Misogyny, Death of parent, Sexism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content

hazelreads1's review against another edition

challenging funny inspiring tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

Not the best book from this author in my opinion but still enjoyable to listen to. I found myself getting interested in watching tennis myself. It was good to see the growth in the main character. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Body shaming, Grief, Sexism, and Alcoholism

ashfrxns's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

acho que a tjr perdeu um pouco do charme nesse livro. gostei da carrie e dos personagens mas não tanto quanto gostei de personagens de outros livros dela.

fiquei extremamente entediada com os jogos pq não entendia nada, não queria pegar no livro de jeito nenhum e peguei raiva da Carrie por estar sendo uma babaca da metade do livro em diante, msm sabendo q era pro desenvolvimento dela (pq aliás não ficou parecendo viu)

fora isso, a autora n sabe ditar o ritmo do livro. demora uma eternidade pra achar uma pessoa pra jogar contra ela, mas em 40% do nada ela consegue sparring e gente pra jogar facilmente, os jogos que ela perde são narrados por páginas e os que ela ganha a gente só descobre pq algm narrador falou q ela ganhou 50 jogos de uma vez.

também achei q o desenvolvimento da relação dela com a nicki ficou mt pro final então não ficou tão boa quanto poderia ser, além de ter deixado o final super corrido e o desenvolvimento da carrie ter passado uma vibe meio livro de auto ajuda, dá quase pra falar q a taylor tava trocando idéia com o autor de a biblioteca da meia noite

apesar disso deu pra se divertir um pouco com a carrie mandando tomar no cu todo homem que aparecia na frente dela

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Cursing

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Xenophobia

martieliz's review

medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Misogyny

Moderate: Grief and Alcohol

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

megzola's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I liked this book but I think if I liked tennis I would like it a lot more. At times I found it predictable but overall worth a read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol

samburkhouse's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

Moderate: Alcohol and Sexism

Minor: Racism and Bullying

grunbean's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing tense 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

4.75

Another Taylor Jenkins-Reid book, another book that can’t be put down. I’d describe a lot of her work as ‘sleeper’ books’. I was unsure when I first started reading (partly because I know nothing about tennis), but once I hit the midpoint I couldn’t stop reading until it was done.

There is something so unique about how this author can bring so much to stories I wouldn’t have blinked twice at. A really good read - perfect for the summer! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Racism, Fatphobia, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, and Sexism