Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis

8 reviews

meeileen's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Drug use, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Cursing

Minor: Abandonment, Bullying, and Car accident

alexreads111's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Lesbophobia

mmefish's review against another edition

1. Unlike the (superior) show, the book does not evoke any emotions.
2.  The sexual assault scene in chapter one really put me off, I did not expect that at all and certainly not from Jolene.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual assault, and Racial slurs

Minor: Pedophilia

antonia_schuro's review against another edition

Too much sexualized stuff with no purpose. Men writing women. Cant relate to main character, seems stilted and artificial. Feels like auther didn’t know at times how to continue and made
Main character think about sex. No real connection to story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Car accident, and Child abuse

farricoco's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death and Racial slurs

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Grief, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, and Vomit

in the early pages (page 15 in some editions) there is a graphic description of CSA - this scene is not relevant to the plot/narrative of the book. should anyone need to skip it, it starts on the sentence "sometime in the middle of the night she was awakened." and ends just before the sentence "The next day in the cafeteria, Beth felt wretched from not sleeping."

claudiam's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, and Sexual assault

Minor: Car accident, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, and Toxic relationship

sarahaf712's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Vomit, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Religious bigotry

bethendsley's review against another edition

The childhood rape was too much for me & alcohol use became triggering 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence