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A review by exurbanis
On the Line by Daniel Paisner, Serena Williams
2.0
From my 2009 Blog post:
This book follows Serena’s career from her poor childhood in Compton Court, California where her parents drilled Serena and her sisters in tennis everyday, to her 2009 status as Australian Open winner.
In between, there’s a lot of practice, a lot of hating to lose (to the point of very poor sportsmanship), a lot of winning, a lot of practice, a lot of hating to lose, and a lot of practice. There’s not a lot of introspection here.
Certainly, Serena’s worked hard all her life to get where she is, but she comes across as a spoiled “baby of the family” who throws tantrums when she loses and who was not above lying and cheating as a child to win. Maybe Serena just needs to grow up and tell her story from another perspective.
A pre-teen or teenage tennis fan (or Serena fan) would likely enjoy this book. As for me – it was just tedious.
(A win from the publisher.)
This book follows Serena’s career from her poor childhood in Compton Court, California where her parents drilled Serena and her sisters in tennis everyday, to her 2009 status as Australian Open winner.
In between, there’s a lot of practice, a lot of hating to lose (to the point of very poor sportsmanship), a lot of winning, a lot of practice, a lot of hating to lose, and a lot of practice. There’s not a lot of introspection here.
Certainly, Serena’s worked hard all her life to get where she is, but she comes across as a spoiled “baby of the family” who throws tantrums when she loses and who was not above lying and cheating as a child to win. Maybe Serena just needs to grow up and tell her story from another perspective.
A pre-teen or teenage tennis fan (or Serena fan) would likely enjoy this book. As for me – it was just tedious.
(A win from the publisher.)