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A review by ruth24
Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
5.0
Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Random House Canada for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Carrie Soto is Back is classic Taylor Jenkins Reid! What's so great about TJR to me is her ability to write characters that feel really REAL. How many of us read Daisy Jones and the Six and then immediately googled the band, thinking FOR SURE they really existed? Carrie Soto was the same for me. Was she likeable? Not really, or at least not at first. But she was human and I could see how her childhood and experiences formed her drive, personality, fears etc. So by the end I understood her (even if she was totally different to me) and understanding her made me love and root for her.
The stand out was the father daughter relationship between Javier and Carrie. It was so emotional, I loved it. I *almost* cried and books don't often make me cry. I also liked the fast paced, heart pumping matches. I was a little worried all the tennis would be boring, but it definitely didn't feel that way to me. Anyone put off by the idea should still give it a chance! It made me want to learn to play tennis.
The big question is, how does it stack up against other TJR books? For me, I'd say it's above Malibu Rising, but below Daisy Jones. And it's been too long since I read Evelyn Hugo for me to say definitively... maybe it's time for a re-read?
Carrie Soto is Back is classic Taylor Jenkins Reid! What's so great about TJR to me is her ability to write characters that feel really REAL. How many of us read Daisy Jones and the Six and then immediately googled the band, thinking FOR SURE they really existed? Carrie Soto was the same for me. Was she likeable? Not really, or at least not at first. But she was human and I could see how her childhood and experiences formed her drive, personality, fears etc. So by the end I understood her (even if she was totally different to me) and understanding her made me love and root for her.
The stand out was the father daughter relationship between Javier and Carrie. It was so emotional, I loved it. I *almost* cried and books don't often make me cry. I also liked the fast paced, heart pumping matches. I was a little worried all the tennis would be boring, but it definitely didn't feel that way to me. Anyone put off by the idea should still give it a chance! It made me want to learn to play tennis.
The big question is, how does it stack up against other TJR books? For me, I'd say it's above Malibu Rising, but below Daisy Jones. And it's been too long since I read Evelyn Hugo for me to say definitively... maybe it's time for a re-read?