Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

85 reviews

hayleyw's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

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

Minor: Cursing, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

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 against another edition

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

jennysbooked's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

5.0

This was such a fun, captivating, cinematic read. I bought this book when it first came out but was scared to pick it up feeling it might be overhyped. But no. It was such a great read. Carrie is so lovingly, frustrating. And honestly, the relationship between her and her dad humanizes her. This is a great book if you want to read a strong father/daughter relationship and a badass b*tch playing tennis. Even if you don’t watch tennis, you will enjoy the game in this book. Highly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Death of parent

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

sunkissed_aidie's review against another edition

challenging inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I had a very hard time with this book at first, but as I kept reading it kept growing on me, Carrie kept growing on me
I think I had a hard time cause she reminded me a lot of myself at times but I could see what she needed to do to be better, and in turn what I need to do. But I kept going because something about Taylor Jenkins Reid’s writing just showed me “there’s more to come. There’s far more to this story than just tennis” and I was right and I’m really glad I didn’t DNF it

But it’s still 4 stars because it did take a while for me to actually start enjoying it, but once I did I flew through it and finished it very easily. If you’ve read other books by Reid and liked them, I can safely say you will like this as well, it’s definitely different from Seven Husbands but it’s still an amazing story that in the end if you look at it the right way can teach you a lot, even if you’re angry at it because of it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Xenophobia, Misogyny, and Classism

Moderate: Infidelity, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Cancer

martieliz's review against another edition

medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Misogyny

Moderate: Grief and Alcohol

rhiannaoliviab's review

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted tense 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

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Misogyny and Sexism

val_theburrowofstories's review against another edition

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

kryfrh's review against another edition

emotional inspiring

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Misogyny, and Grief

Minor: Infidelity