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Length 343
Quick Review Charlie is an American sweetheart when an injury jeopardizes her tennis career. In order to make it back in the game, she changes everything inviting a fierce coach into her life.
The Singles Game is my first Lauren Weisberger novel, who is the bestselling author of The Devil Wears Prada and many other books. I grabbed it because it looked like a great book for summer. It is! Weisberger takes you along on drama, high fashion, trips, and a young woman’s journey in elite tennis to find her game and herself.
Charlie Silver is one of the most likeable characters I have ever read. I wouldn’t necessarily call her complex and dynamic, but she is a genuinely good person. She makes mistakes and makes up for them, but she is never not a good person. She is young, barely in her mid-twenties, and from Southern California. Charlie was a talented tennis player from the beginning, but she has an injury at Wimbledon causing her to take a look at her life. She hires a new and very tough coach to help her recovery and become the tennis player she knows she can be.
The Singles Game is pretty much the perfect summer/vacation read because it takes the reader to incredibly luxurious locations with glamorous parties and men with amazing bodies.
I would call the plot line mysterious; in fact, I was able to guess it pretty quickly. The “hints” are pretty blatant. The characters are fairly flat, but it doesn’t make them unlikable. Todd, the tennis coach, is heralded as the devil himself, but even he’s not that awful. One of the aspects I really enjoyed about the book was Charlie’s conversations with her best friend. They’re honest. Their conversations about sex is so realistic for twenty-something women.
Weisberger has a great sense of humor and ability to tell a well thought out story. It’s the perfect easy and compelling read for the summer. I highly recommend it for any vacation coming your way.
Memorable Quotes
“…chunk-heeled snakeskin booties that could, oddly, work for both prostitutes and grandmothers.”