Carrie Soto Is Back
Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid
Published: 2022
Pages: 400
Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance, Sports
My Rating: 4.5/5
Summary
Carrie Soto Is Back follows the legendary tennis player, Carrie, as she makes her return to the sport of tennis at the age of 37, with the ultimate goal of reclaiming her record. She has sacrificed a lot to become the greatest, climbing to number 1 in the world during her prime. But shortly after her retirement, her record gets broken by British player, Nicki Chan. Carrie decides to come out of retirement and make a return with her father, Javier, as her coach. She spends countless hours training and practicing out on the courts with Bowe Huntley, a tennis professional who also came out of retirement to prove his capabilities. Carrie is faced with a lot of adversity during her comeback, but that doesn’t stop her from working hard and dreaming big. Will she be able to take her record back? And what will happen if she is forced to live with that defeat for the rest of her life?
My Review
For those of you who have read Malibu Rising (my previous book review) by Taylor Jenkins Reid, you might be familiar with Carrie Soto, a minor character from that book. I was a little hesitant at first to read this book because I knew nearly nothing about tennis and its rules, but you really don’t need to know much about tennis to understand what is happening. This book really dives into Carrie Soto’s life as a professional women’s tennis player, and what it’s like to be a professional athlete. I felt like Reid did a great job of setting the scene by providing a lot of background information on how Carrie Soto got into the sport of tennis, and the impact that her father had on her throughout her life. I absolutely adored Carrie’s close relationship with her father. It brought me back to when I was a kid and my dad was my basketball and softball coach. To me, this book felt like real life and captured the realness of what it’s like to be an older female athlete defying the odds.
Conclusion
Overall this book is very compelling and highlights the importance of never giving up. I would recommend this to anyone who has played sports in the past or is currently playing a sport, or to anyone who wants an uplifting, inspirational read!
This book has won a Goodreads Choice Award for Best Historical Fiction in 2022.
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I love the book The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid and have wanted to read more of her books. This one sounds super interesting to me and I'll definitely have to check it out :)
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