Carrie Soto Is Back
Taylor Jenkins Reid
12 ratings • 3 reviews
Carrie Soto Is Back
Taylor Jenkins Reid
12 ratings • 3 reviews
Carrie Soto is fierce, and her determination to win at any cost has not made her popular. By the time Carrie retires from tennis, she is the best player the world has ever seen. She has shattered every record and claimed twenty Slam titles. And if you ask her, she is entitled to every one. She sacrificed nearly everything to become the best, with her father as her coach. But six years after her retirement, Carrie finds herself sitting in the stands of the 1994 US Open, watching her record be taken from her by a brutal, stunning, British player named Nicki Chan. At thirty-seven years old, Carrie makes the monumental decision to come out of retirement and be coached by her father for one last year in an attempt to reclaim her record. Even if the sports media says that they never liked the 'Battle-Axe' anyway. Even if her body doesn't move as fast as it did. And even if it means swallowing her pride to train with a man she once almost opened her heart to: Bowe Huntley. Like her, he has something to prove before he gives up the game forever. In spite of it all: Carrie Soto is back, for one epic final season. In this riveting and unforgettable novel, Taylor Jenkins Reid tells a story about the cost of greatness and a legendary athlete attempting a comeback.
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"It will never matter; he says, "whose responsibility is what. My heart hurts when you hurt because you are my heart."
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0*4.8 stars* Man what a book. I was rooting for Carrie, as I believe we all were. It just shows that you don’t have to prove to anyone how great you truly are at something, but also having gut wrenching passion for being the best is fueling. I loved learning about tennis and everything the sport brings. As well as the little overlays of characters from other books too. Ugh, TJR you never fail.
0This wasn't my favorite of TJR's books, it was honestly just okay for most of the first half. But I think as always it managed to really resonate in some parts (the sexist commentary in the sports talkshow sections was equal parts infuriating and necessary) and leave off on an empowering and hopeful. While I may close other good books feeling satisfied or heartwarmed or just like "that's lovely," there's something about her stories in particular that reach beyond that and leave me with this sense of steadfastness in my own self and a reminder of what it means to be a strong and ambitious woman, and by the end of it, this book was no different.
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