Taylor Jenkins ReidFiction · Contemporary Literature·b. 1983
Carrie Soto Is Back
Carrie Soto Is Back
- Pages
- 416
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- English
Synopsis
Carrie Soto is the greatest tennis player the world has ever seen, holder of a record twenty Grand Slam titles won through a fierce, uncompromising drive that made her as feared as she was admired. But six years after retiring, she watches from the stands as a younger rival threatens to break the record she gave everything to set.
So, at thirty-seven — an age most players consider finished — Carrie decides to come back. Reuniting with her father and first coach, the man who taught her everything, she trains her aging body to the limit and endures a press that has never forgiven her ambition, chasing one more season to defend her place in history.
Taylor Jenkins Reid delivers a fierce, moving story about excellence and its cost, the bond between a father and daughter, and what it means to want to be the best.
- I adore this author, and the writing was just as lovely as always, but unfortunately, this one just wasn’t for me. I could appreciate the story and what it was trying to do, but I struggled to get invested in a plot centred around tennis. Turns out, my enthusiasm for Taylor Jenkins Reid doesn’t necessarily extend to professional sports. 😂 That said, I really enjoyed the exploration of determination, ambition and what it means to be so relentlessly focused on a goal that everything else becomes secondary. The discussion around drive, sacrifice and being almost dangerously single-minded was probably my favourite part. Beautiful writing, some interesting themes, but the tennis just wasn’t doing it for me. Not every book can be a winner!
- 3,5 estrellas No logré empatizar jamás con Carrie. Sé que la idea de la autora era enseñar a un personaje de carácter duro; no obstante, no pude evidenciar una evolución de esta hasta casi el final del libro. Este libro confirma que la pluma de Taylor es increíble y que te hace perder en su mundo por horas.