Reviews

Forward: My Story Young Readers' Edition by Abby Wambach

heykellyjensen's review

I'm very much Not A Soccer Person but this book was really well written and compelling. Wambach is great at talking about her victories as much as she is about being honest with herself and with readers about her bad side and weaknesses. I love that we see her personal life as much as her professional life, and this never felt like it condescended to readers (it's a YRE, so the possibility for that to happen is there). More, her openness about her sexuality and her talk about dating, about the challenges and fears she had about telling her parents, and about the ways her relationships haven't always been picture perfect were so refreshing to read about. Nothing is picture-perfect, even if it's a picture of kissing your wife that makes you a viral sensation.

Great for sports fans as well as readers who want a great story of a woman who made a name for herself and did so without sacrificing her true nature, as prickly as it could sometimes be.

solar_lee's review against another edition

4.0

I really enjoyed reading this book because it was an easy read and I got to see into the experiences Abby had as a child and being the best at something and what it was like for her to play in the national team and the wusa, wps, and nwsl. I also just love Abby Wambach and she's amazing so I would've read it regardless of whether it was good or not but it was still a really good book. I also learned new things about Abby that I didn't know of before like Megan and Abby(like what???), it's so weird I just can picture Meg with anyone else other than Sue but anyways. I also got excited when she was talking about the pinky graze at the macaroni grill that they also talked about on the podcast so fun fun. And this is the yre and I still want to read the other version but unfortunately, our school doesn't have it so that's sad.

shadow_spines's review against another edition

4.0

My obsession with women's football continues to grow so I was pleased to find the audiobook of this. It's a mix of Abby's personal life and her career in sport and with the US national team. Abby is an outstanding soccer player and it was interesting to hear about her setbacks, injuries, and persistence to play. On a general note I loved learning about the progression of the US team, considering how dominant they currently (in 2019) are in women's international football.