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A review by cassroberts89
Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
emotional
inspiring
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Seriously unputdownable!
Taylor Jenkins Reid has this amazing ability to take a topic that I know and care NOTHING about, and turn it into something riveting. Surfing? I don’t get it. Tennis? I’ve never so much as touched a racket, or even watched a match I think?
But I CARED about this story. I was right there with Carrie the whole time. I was worried the sports-talk would get old and boring after a while, but it felt like the opposite was true. It set the pace and brought on all the emotions by the end.
And can we talk about unloveable characters for a moment? Carrie Soto, aka The Bitch. She might be cold and dead on the outside, but I absolutely loved how unapologetic she was about it. There’s this expectation that women give this impression of being kind, cheerful, accommodating. She is having none of that. That’s not who she is or what she’s about. Did that mean she was cold and dead on the inside? It seems that way at first, but we are almost unaware as Reid peels back the layers of who Carrie is in such a subtle way. You almost don’t even realize the point at which you begin to feel right along with her.
This book makes me want to go back and adjust my recent 5-star reads. Carrie Soto Is Back earned every. single. star.
Taylor Jenkins Reid has this amazing ability to take a topic that I know and care NOTHING about, and turn it into something riveting. Surfing? I don’t get it. Tennis? I’ve never so much as touched a racket, or even watched a match I think?
But I CARED about this story. I was right there with Carrie the whole time. I was worried the sports-talk would get old and boring after a while, but it felt like the opposite was true. It set the pace and brought on all the emotions by the end.
And can we talk about unloveable characters for a moment? Carrie Soto, aka The Bitch. She might be cold and dead on the outside, but I absolutely loved how unapologetic she was about it. There’s this expectation that women give this impression of being kind, cheerful, accommodating. She is having none of that. That’s not who she is or what she’s about. Did that mean she was cold and dead on the inside? It seems that way at first, but we are almost unaware as Reid peels back the layers of who Carrie is in such a subtle way. You almost don’t even realize the point at which you begin to feel right along with her.
This book makes me want to go back and adjust my recent 5-star reads. Carrie Soto Is Back earned every. single. star.