Review of
Instaread Summary of The Singles Game by Lauren Weisberger
Five out of five stars
This summary
describes a book where the interest will naturally be higher during the
Olympics. For the main theme is about the single-minded dedication that is needed
in order to succeed in athletics at that level.
Charlotte
“Charlie” Silver is a 24-year-old professional tennis player and she is playing
at Wimbledon for the first time. As a consequence of the wardrobe rules, she
cannot wear her shoes and is forced to use inadequate substitutes. This leads
to a major injury that requires six months of rehabilitation. Charlie believes
that her current coach is not dedicated enough so she is fired and Charlie
hires Todd, a man with a reputation for abusive treatment of clients that leads
to success.
There is some
personal trauma and “dirt” mentioned in the summary, Charlie has a brief
encounter with a movie star and there is a great deal of the standard brand
building of celebrity sports stars. One key point in the summary appears in the
character analysis. “Charlie is not just the protagonist but also the only
character whom readers get to know in any depth. Readers are told the most
important things about her, such as her innermost thoughts and fears, as well
as the mundane details of her breakfast.” From this, the reader understands
that the book is like others where the emphasis is on a celebrity, all other
characters are relegated to minor support roles.
From this
summary, the book does not appear to be one that will interest a broad
audience. There is little beyond Charlie’s tennis career. From the summary:
“Her singular focus on her career is framed as a sacrifice, not a personality
flaw like narcissism.” These stories are common during the Olympic games, right
down to the nasty behavior of the coaches. However, at other times they rarely
appear and fiction books containing this subject matter that do not describe
real people have a limited appeal. There was no desire in me to read this book
generated by reading this summary.
This book was made available for free for review
purposes.
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