A frank description of a life given up to mastering her art, in fact 2 lives as her father gave his up to train her. She does seem to mention Serena Williams a lot, so there was obviously a fierce rivalry there and possibly some jealousy.

Interesting story of how Maria Sharapova made in into the upper echelons of the tennis world. I enjoy a good autobiography / memoir, and this one was very engaging. Didn't know anything about her before.

Great autobiography about Maria Sharapova. Very interesting to read and learn about her amazing journey in tennis. Thank you for letting me review this book.

This has been sat on my shelf for far to long. Really pleased I have read it as it was engaging, informative and really gave me an understanding of the Russian Tennis star I really knew little about

Sharapova's autobiography has received some scathing reviews too but this appears to me more about Maria as a tennis person and the drug testing issue rather than the book itself. Personally I enjoyed this as a read.

Written in her own words, Maria Sharapova tells the story of her life, the humble beginnings when she was a tiny child with a big racket and powerful swing. The relationships throughout are evenly played out, and the love for her father and her mother are very evident. Maria comes across not as a drama queen but a focused athlete even from a young age. She understood what she wanted to do and how it had to be. Maria and Yuri's relationship was special and I was drawn into their story from the very first pages.

Unstoppable was very well written and a good read behind the scenes of her life, her attitudes towards not just the game but life itself. This was an inspiring autobiography of a Russian Tennis star that came from nothing but with her determination, grit and smart choices about changing coaches when she needed to and her father finding the right people at the right time and not taking no for an answer, Maria is the tennis star we know today.

I would highly recommend this book whether you're a tennis fan or not and even if you've never read an autobiography before, this is a good read and I'd read it again.

An incredibly dry read. Sharapova insinuates to a feud between herself and Serena Williams that not only detracts from the overall from the book, which some may find inspiring and motivating, to one of hashing out her own personal misgivings with Williams. While some parts of the book were interesting and offered an insight to the workings of Sharapova, I was still left feeling that there was not much new information or insight into her character that I did not already know from the media.

It is quite well written and very good in the beginning, however towards the end it went downhill.. to be honest I am not a huge fan of biographies of people still living and especially autobiographies. It was alright, but not great

i read about 4% percent of this while it was okay and the writing was decent i didn't find any reason for me to carry on. it ddn't sustain or engage me.

I surprised myself at really enjoying this book - following the whole drugs related press surrounding Sharapova I was fully prepared to not enjoy this but I found the history of her career really interesting, particularly her early career when she came to the US from Russia and her family's early struggles. A great story of determination.

I was expecting to really like this book but I was actually very disappointed. Sadly I just got bored with it ....

Honest account of her struggles and successes so far, but I found the over-use of profanity somewhat distracting and didn’t finish it in the end.

This book is easy to read, the more I read the more I wanted to know what happened next. From that point of view, it is an excellent book.

However, I have never been a great fan of Maria Sharapova and I thought knowing more about her would help me understand the clearly driven young woman who wanted to be No 1 in the tennis world and had the misfortune to be at her best the same time the Williams sisters were dominating the tennis world.

From that point of view the book totally failed, I ended the book feeling no more sympathetic to Miss Sharapova than when I started to read.

As an autobiography, this is an invaluable guide to the life of a person dedicated to her sport but the further into the book I went the less she became someone I would like to know in real life.

I used to always watch Wimbledon, but family were never as enthusiastic as i was and haven't watched tennis for a few years now. Nonetheless, i am still interested in reading about certain tennis players whenever i get the opportunity. This autobiography was an interesting read and was pleased to have received a copy via Netgalley. Not only do i thank Netgalley for my copy, but also the Publishers.

This is my honest review, which has been freely given.

You don't have to be a tennis fan to know the influence Maria Sharapova has had over the years. Reading her autobiography was an insight into the sheer grit and force of will that created the renowned tennis player that we all know of today.

When she was 6, people around her pointed out her talent and her father took a chance on her. He left Russia with his daughter for America where he believed her talent will thrive.

The fascinating thing is that he did not speak English but that did not deter his quest to ensure his daughter had the opportunity to start a career in tennis despite the odds.

She explains her rivalry with Serena, the doping scandal and how it is important (but challenging) to maintain a winning streak.

In the book, there are many tales of sorrow, losses, wins and more losses. However, one cannot deny that all the difficult circumstances she faced helped make her become the great athlete she is today.

Very interesting read great insight to her life. Alot of her upbringing i did not know about and made this interesting and very informative

I am a big tennis fan so was intrigued to read this autobiography from Maria Sharapova. Her writing style is very conversational and easy to read and I finished it very quickly.

She starts (briefly) at the point of her drug scandal before going back to the very beginning when she first picked up a tennis racket. The most fascinating part of her story is how dedicated her family were to getting her the help and training she needed to become a top player. The stories of what her and her father went through when they first arrived in America are really quite something!

Overall, I enjoyed the book and the opportunity to read her side of the story, particularly with regards to her rivalry with Serena Williams and the drug scandal. I won't go into the details of either as I wouldn't want to spoil any of it. The book can seem a bit repetitive at times but it gives a good insight into the pressures of being a top sportsperson in this day and age.

Although not a particularly keen tennis fan I usually love reading autobiographies that trace a celebrity or athletes path to the present day. Parts of the book were quite interesting - but it isn't the best autobiography I've read.

Honestly it felt like a Grimm fairy tale rather than a memoir... I was really interested to read this book to read 'her side of the story' but felt that ultimately, it was a disorganised chaos of memoirs of which were painted in sometimes a quite disturbing way. Where's the heart and emotion in this book?

This was an interesting story with Maria putting her point of view and telling her life story so far. While she worked hard, as a competing athlete, she must take responsibility for the medications she takes. As a tennis fan I still feel that anyone caught using a ban substance in sport should be banned for life. Unfortunately more and more the revenue the sport generates is more important than the sport itself.

I am a big fan of Tennis and when this book came on Netgalley to read I had to request it.
I found Unstoppable: My Life So Far by Maria Sharapova, Мария Шарапова was a Honest and a eye opening read. It was gripping from the first page to the last and enjoyed the book.

As a tennis fan, I found it interesting to learn about how she started. The middle bits were very cringe-inducing in that 'omg you're being petty/mean needlessly' way, but the ending rounded it up nicely.