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A review by impla77
Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
3.25
Entertaining for what it is, an easy to read sports story with a hint of romance. I struggled with the main character at times, she seems pretty immature at nearly 40 so there are annoying juvenile arguments all throughout the book that don’t seem justified if she was well adjusted (which i guess is the point? but it doesn’t make her very likeable).
The plot is highly ridiculous but makes an enjoyable read. Carrie manages to compete competitively at grand slams even though its the only tennis shes playing professionally and shes been out of the sport for 5 years, but I can suspend my disbelief. I think we needed someone familiar with tennis to check over the book for many obvious errors that occur in the match descriptions. This is weird to me because I can’t imagine people completely unfamiliar with tennis would find this book interesting because so much of its action revolves around having some level of familiarity with the game.
I wish other characters had been developed a bit more, especially her main rival and her previous coach. Also I wish the author had delved a bit more into the misogyny female athletes receive and the personas they are stuck with, that all seemed a bit surface level.
Despite my many complaints, I did enjoy reading overall. Segmenting the plot into the different grand slams was effective, I liked Carries relationships with her dad and her love interest, and the book did manage to keep me rooting for her most of the time, even if I wish it didn’t keep condoning her bullshit arguments a lot of the time.
The plot is highly ridiculous but makes an enjoyable read. Carrie manages to compete competitively at grand slams even though its the only tennis shes playing professionally and shes been out of the sport for 5 years, but I can suspend my disbelief. I think we needed someone familiar with tennis to check over the book for many obvious errors that occur in the match descriptions. This is weird to me because I can’t imagine people completely unfamiliar with tennis would find this book interesting because so much of its action revolves around having some level of familiarity with the game.
I wish other characters had been developed a bit more, especially her main rival and her previous coach. Also I wish the author had delved a bit more into the misogyny female athletes receive and the personas they are stuck with, that all seemed a bit surface level.
Despite my many complaints, I did enjoy reading overall. Segmenting the plot into the different grand slams was effective, I liked Carries relationships with her dad and her love interest, and the book did manage to keep me rooting for her most of the time, even if I wish it didn’t keep condoning her bullshit arguments a lot of the time.