Fictitious Sport-Biography
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I've been a fan of Andre Agassi and thus seen many matches in the 90s. But solely of men playing tennis, and besides Agassi I wouldn't say that I'm a tennis fan. Although some matches are truly very exciting to watch. But I don't read this book because tennis interests me so much but rather because Taylor Jenkins Reid is so gifted writing stories that she can get me interested in any topic. This already worked very well with "Daisy Jones and the Six", a ficticious-documentary novel about the music industry of the 70s, and also with "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" about the 'Golden Age' of the movies. Now we have a novel set in the sports world.
Because of the competitive nature of the sport, this has a certain amount of thrill. And of course I rooted for our titel character Carrie Soto, even though she is not liked by many people in this book (and I could relate to that on some accounts considering her remarks to opponents or the press). Still, I kept my finger's crossed for her. But in the end, it (almost) didn't matter who was the winner of a match in the end. I just enjoyed the whole story and Jenkins Reid's way of telling it.
With the news articles and transcripts of sport shows inserted into the narrative it also became a touch of authenticity.