Book info

• Title Carrie Soto is Back
• Author Taylor Jenkins Reid
• Year 2022
• Genre Contemporary

Carrie Soto is the greatest player the world has ever seen. But six years after her last match, she watches a young British tennis player steal her world record - and Carrie knows she has to go back and reclaim her rightful place at the top. Even if the world doesn't believe in her. Even if it almost breaks her. This is a story about the cost of greatness and the burden of fame. The fight for a place in history is about to begin...

Thoughts

This was so good, I really enjoyed it. The story is detailed and intricate but covers a huge period of time. It’s mostly set in the 90s and has that late 90s atmosphere perfectly. More than anything, though, it does a great job of explaining how tennis works (not an easy or sensible scoring system) and getting into the mental side of the game, when it’s going well and when it isn’t. I’m not sure it got everything 100% right but it was so well done, I really loved it.

Rating: 5 / 5