“We live in a world where exceptional women have to sit around waiting for mediocre men.”
U trenutku odlaska u mirovinu Carrie Soto bila je najbolja tenisačica na svijetu sa rekordnih dvadeset osvojenih slamova. Nekoliko godina kasnije njezin rekord je ugrožen i Carrie donosi odluku koju je malotko očekivao…
Da mi je netko rekao da ću toliko uživati u opisima teniskih mečeva rekla bih mu da je lud bez imalo sumnje. Onako kako je ona osvajala turnire u svojoj karijeri tako je usput osvojila i mene. Započela sam ovu čitalačku avanturu vrlo skeptično. Daisy nikako nije bila knjiga po mome ukusu, a onda me Malibu gori ponovno vratio ovoj autorici i nakon pohvala koje pljušte sa svih strana odlučila sam čitati nešto što mi je po opisu zvučalo dosadnjikavo. Pa tko bi normalan uživao u toliko tenisa, a da nije veliki ljubitelj toga sporta?! Pa očito ja 😊
I prije nego sam i shvatila zavoljela sam sve likove, Carrie najviše, ali i Javiera i Bowea. Carrie mi se svidjela sa svim svojim vrlinama i manama, za mene u niti jednom trenutku nije bila negativni lik već snažni ženski lik, slomljena srca i sa vrlo jasnim ciljem u životu. Odnos nje i oca je divan i dirljiv, odnos koji bismo svi poželjeli u svom životu. Posebno mi se sviđa što je Javier prikazan kao brižan i dobar otac, a ne trenerski tiranin.
Ne smijem zaboraviti niti odnos Carrie i Bowea – romantičan, stvaran i pun razumijevanja i strpljenja sa njegove strane. Mislim da je postavio dobre temelje za novo poglavlje u životu Carrie Soto.
Na kraju je ovo ispala jedna od najzanimljivijih knjiga koju sam čitala ove godine! Fantastično pisana, zanimljiva, napeta i zabavna. Ja nikada, ali nikada ne škicam kraj poglavlja kako bih saznala što će biti, a ovaj put jesam – mislim da to dovoljno govori koliko mi se svidjela.
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Carrie Soto Is Back – Taylor Jenkins Reid
At the time of her retirement, Carrie Soto was the best tennis player in the world with a record twenty slam wins. A few years later, her record is threatened and Carrie makes a decision that few expected…
If someone had told me that I would enjoy the descriptions of tennis matches so much, I would have told them that they were crazy without a shadow of a doubt. The way she won tournaments in her career, she also won me along the way. I was very skeptical when starting this reading adventure. Daisy was by no means a book to my taste, and then Malibu Rising brought me back to this author again, and after the praises pouring in from all sides, I decided to read something that, according to the description, sounded boring to me. I mean who in their right mind would enjoy so much tennis without being a big fan of the sport?! Well, apparently me 😊
And before I knew it, I fell in love with all the characters, Carrie the most, but also Javier and Bowe. I liked Carrie with all her virtues and flaws, for me she was never a negative character but a strong female character, broken-hearted and with a very clear goal in life. The relationship between her and her father is wonderful and touching, a relationship that we would all like to have in our lives. I especially like that Javier is portrayed as a caring and good father, not a coaching tyrant.
I must not forget the relationship between Carrie and Bowe – romantic, real and full of understanding and patience on his part. I think he laid a good foundation for a new chapter in Carrie Soto’s life.
In the end, this turned out to be one of the most interesting books I’ve read this year! Fantastically written, interesting, tense and fun. I never, ever skip to the end of a chapter to find out what’s going to happen, and this time I did – I think that says enough about how much I liked it.
