Autobiography

41-Love

41-Love

  • Downloads：3305
  • Type：Epub+TxT+PDF+Mobi
  • Create Date：2021-12-31 03:21:20
  • Update Date：2025-09-07
  • Status：finish
  • Author：Scarlett Thomas
  • ISBN：1640094768
  • Environment：PC/Android/iPhone/iPad/Kindle

Reviews

Giorgia Scalise ，

Finishing this was exhausting。 It litterally drained me。 I had to， so I did but there are a lot of less painful things to do。 Or painful but enjoyable。 This is simply boring。I desperately wanted to link with the writer， but I simply couldn't。 Her experience is awful， and I distantly had the feeling I should have felt sorry for her; but the way she tells it is flat and arid， and I couldn't feel anything but the need of closing the book forever。 Finishing this was exhausting。 It litterally drained me。 I had to， so I did but there are a lot of less painful things to do。 Or painful but enjoyable。 This is simply boring。I desperately wanted to link with the writer， but I simply couldn't。 Her experience is awful， and I distantly had the feeling I should have felt sorry for her; but the way she tells it is flat and arid， and I couldn't feel anything but the need of closing the book forever。 。。。more

Emily Kennard ，

For a tennis fan， player， and watcher -- and also as a female trying to find her way in the world -- this book made me laugh and think in a fun way。 I enjoyed every second of it。Thank you to #netgalley for the copy！

Ruth ，

Did not finish。 The story is of an Englishwoman who seeks to make a comeback as a tennis player at the age of 41。 She has a couple of coaches and hitting partner， and enters several tournaments。 She seems to not progress well。 Rather than delving into the emotions of aging and the body not being as agile and fit as in younger years， there is more factual writing about the actual matches， the players， the points won and missed。 I would have appreciated more attention to her feelings of not progre Did not finish。 The story is of an Englishwoman who seeks to make a comeback as a tennis player at the age of 41。 She has a couple of coaches and hitting partner， and enters several tournaments。 She seems to not progress well。 Rather than delving into the emotions of aging and the body not being as agile and fit as in younger years， there is more factual writing about the actual matches， the players， the points won and missed。 I would have appreciated more attention to her feelings of not progressing as she had hoped， nor receiving the support she craved。 。。。more