Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

43 reviews

frantically's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense 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

4.0

I spent the first two hours of this constantly wanting to dnf it but I'm so glad I stuck through!

Carrie Soto is an absolute bitch and I respect her so much for that. Her inner thoughts about winning & losing changed so beautifully over the course of the book and really spoke to me. 

(Idk how tennis works tho) (made the whole thing a bit anti climatic at times)

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Mental illness and Racism

Minor: Alcoholism, Medical content, and Cancer

Mental Illness is related to what I felt like were disordered eating habits portrayed by the athletes

m4rtt4's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? Yes

4.25

I've never been so invested in any sport as I was in tennis while reading this book! So intense. Through Carrie Soto I could see what I would have become as an athlete - the ever-so-greedy perfectionist that hates losing - but also I'm glad that my imposter syndrome reminds me to be humble. The book could have had some more scenes outside the tennis courts, as if Carrie didn't have a life outside them, but then again she probably didn't and the storyline perfectly reflects that. It's so weird but also cool af that Taylor Jenkins Reid always manages to create characters that feel so real, like any real-life celebrities and whatnot, while still being completely fictional. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Misogyny, and Sexism

aqtbenz's review against another edition

emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Death of parent

Moderate: Grief

bella_cavicchi's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

Taylor Jenkins Reid writes such compelling, fast-paced books -- I was both shocked and not shocked at all at how quickly I flew through this. Its "readability" is aided in part by what I think is a stronger second half, where the story seems to find its footing and Carrie is less an archetype and more a nuanced character (her relationship with her dad, especially, is beautifully developed). That said, I think the book's biggest pitfall is also one that's hard to avoid given the subject: making each match something new and something "alive."

All said, I will gladly continue to grab whatever Reid writes next, because again: compulsively, addictively readable!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Sexism

Moderate: Medical content and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism, Alcoholism, Infidelity, and Cursing

mandaraffe's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death of parent, Grief, Sexism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

chelseylb1988's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Medical content, and Death of parent

chaos_and_chapters's review

emotional inspiring relaxing sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Vomit, Medical content, and Toxic relationship

arthur_ant18's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Grief, Alcoholism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

martachbc's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

Minor: Toxic relationship and Medical content

lauramparis's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Medical content, Misogyny, Sexism, and Grief

Minor: Classism, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Body shaming