pickGot these from the book swap at the mall a while back.
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Carrie Soto Is Back | 
pickGot these from the book swap at the mall a while back.
pickI read this for bookclub this Friday and I‘m so happy I did because I loved it so much. This reminded me of all the tennis my brother and I watched in the late 80s and 90s. Carrie Soto had a phenomenal career and retired with a bad knee. But a new phenom threatens to break one of her records and she decides to stage a comeback. She isn‘t always likeable but my goodness did I root for her and her awesome dad. This is an all the tennis balls pick!
pickIt has already been said by others, but it holds true for me as well: it is not necessary to know about (or care anything about) the sport of tennis to find yourself knowing and caring about fictional Carrie Soto! So well paced and well layered, I really enjoyed this. Having been a young adult in the 90‘s, I also found it was a reminder of that time‘s much more acceptable misogyny in sportscasting, yuck. Well done story all around! 🎾 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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6th TJR/ 4th Reidverse book
Carrie Soto is Back is now my top 2 TJR read. This book redeemed her character for me from Malibu Rising. Enjoyed reading her backstory and life as a legend tennis athlete.
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pickThis was such a joy to read. It was exciting even though I guessed part of the ending. Carrie wasn't an ordinary likeable hero, but I was still rooting for her all the way. I liked her relationship with her father and enjoyed their scenes a lot.
The details of the matches might become blurry soon, but Carrie Soto is a memorable character that will stay with me.
Taylor Jenkins Reid's "CARRIE SOTO IS BACK" is officially getting a TV series adaptation at Netflix!
Fittingly, tennis legend Serena Williams is set to executive produce the series!
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pickAfter Malibu Rising I thought I was done with TJR. My kid recommended this one and I was sceptical- I don‘t know anything about tennis. Even so, I tore through this keen to see the heights Carrie Soto can hit in her comeback season.
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The thing about TJR is she makes you believe you are reading about a real person. Every time I finish one of her books I end-up on Google looking for the person I've just read about.
I don't know anything about tennis, but my husband did quite well when he was younger and when I told him about Carrie and the things I was reading about, he also thought I was talking about a real tennis star. That's just how gifted TJR is.
pickGiving myself permission to not really like the first person protagonists is still odd to me but I'm getting better at it with the help of Taylor Jenkins Reid and Liv Constantine.
I do feel like I'll be more interested in tennis now if I ever cared to watch, but like most sports it doesn't really hold much appeal to me. Captivating read though!
pickI have loved every TJR book & I‘ve read them all! I can‘t really describe why I enjoyed this book. Truthfully, Carrie is an unlikeable character, and I wouldn‘t have been rooting for her if it wasn‘t for her dad. Javier is a gem! The audiobook is stellar w/ multiple narrators. However, it‘s mostly a walk-through of multiple tennis matches. But TJR just has some sort of magic in her writing that just works even when it‘s simple.
pickWell, I had a very hard time with Carrie losing her dad in the way she did. Hit way too close to home. Other than that, this book was beautiful. It seems like Taylor Jenkins Reid likes writing imperfect, not exactly likable main characters. Maybe that‘s what makes them so intriguing? Carrie is a ruthless tennis player in skill and personality. She doesn‘t have people close to her except her dad, Bowie, and Gwen. The ending was a twist
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I have tennis on my mind from watching French Open live. This book was a favorite ❤️
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I have the English edition but I saw the translated title and it was curious, quite different 😳 Perra (female dog) is used the same as- b#%$& woman 🤷🏽♀️Well, how would you describe Carrie in those first chapters?
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pickI was not expecting to enjoy this book as much as I did. I was not a fan of Malibu Rising or Carrie Soto in it for that matter. I was so sure I would not like a book about tennis. But in the end I actually did like Carrie. She grew on me and matured considerably during the story. Carrie really learned a lot about herself during her comeback. Still my favorite characters were Javier and Bowe. The plot was well written and engaging.
pickMore than I ever thought I wanted to know about tennis, but through a great story about a fictional tennis star from the 70s-90s. Full of heart and wonderful. Carrie is def a b, as noted throughout, and hard to like but given her upbringing I get it. A tribute to all female athletes who blazed the hard fought trail!!! Book #18 in 2024
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I have many fond memories during the summer as a kid when I would stay up until I finished a book. Now that I'm retired, I'm able to do the same, but my ol' body ain't what it used to be. 😂 The last book I just had to stay up and gobble in basically one sitting was CARRIE SOTO.
1. 🩰 , 🩰 and more 🩰 only 6 hours this week though also tickets to the local writer‘s festival come on sale this week so that‘s exciting. I got some limes off a colleague so it‘s margarita and hammock time on the weekend. 2. Stew and I are off to the local Italian restaurant at the RSL for a weeknight treat of 3 courses of yummy food… bruschetta, gnocchi and panna cotta. 3. Tennis champion in the tagged book. I love tennis so I am ok with that.
pickI loved this book on audio and the reference to Nina Riva and the book Daisy Jones & the Six. The father daughter relationship between Carrie and her dad was beautiful. The way the book was written you could easily envision yourself there - the moment Carrie sees Princess Diana in the stands at Wimbledon - and says to herself "they can't make us go away just because they are done with us"was powerful!
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Tennis is my favorite sport to watch, so I was excited to finally read about Carrie Soto‘s comeback to tennis in her late 30s.
I thought making Carrie a Hispanic character was a strange choice. If there wasn‘t Spanish used frequently throughout the book, her race could have been interchangeable with any other & racism in the sport was never addressed.
That said, I thought it was a great look at a wonderful, hyper-competitive sport.
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August: CARRIE SOTO IS BACK by TJ Reid
Sometimes you need a book that you can just gobble up in one day. This was that book. 🤩
pickThis might be my favourite TJR. Carrie is unlikeable, but there is something compelling and empowering about her drive and focus. She makes me want to dust off my shoes and fight. Her dad is the hidden star of the story, I‘d like to read it again and focus more on him. Loved it.
pickLoved this book! I really resonated with the competitive nature of Carrie and I think it helped me realize it‘s okay to be competitive. It‘s always empowering to read about strong women, and an athlete in a man‘s world made it fun!
pickI read this over the summer and it really stuck with me and I was already feeling the need to revisit it. Did the audio this time which was amazing.
pickunlikeable characters that grow without changing their core 💛
pickTaylor Jenkins Reid is just the best. After daisy jones and the six and Everlyn hugo, I just had to dive into the world of Taylor. Does Carrie Sotto dissapoint? Nope not one bit, the novel is fast paced and a must read for tennis fans. Role on Malibu rising!
pickDespite the fact that I do love tennis and Taylor Jenkins Reid, this wasn‘t my favorite of hers, probably due mostly to Carrie Soto‘s unlikeable character. Still a good one though. I do enjoy Reid‘s writing style and will probably read anything she publishes.
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pickThis author is hot or miss for me but I enjoyed this one. I listened to this one and after finishing I realized I wouldn't have kept going if I read it instead. Taylor did a really good job shaping and designing the characters.
pickAnother quality read by TJR! I think her characterisation is just so good, she creates the best mental pictures and her characters are so likeable.
