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The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis

34 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

fructosebaby's review against another edition

hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Car accident, Abandonment, and Death of parent

rachaelbunny's review

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Drug use, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Cursing, Sexual content, Sexism, and Death

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Bullying, Vomit, and Abandonment

nicole_rietveld's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

 Am reușit cu greu să trec de primul capitol din cauza unor scene ciudate. Prima încercare s-a soldat cu un DNF, dar am zis să îi mai dau o șansă pentru că protagonista e încadrată în același arhetip mbti ca și mine. Am găsit foarte puține lucruri în comun, de aceea mi s-a părut un personaj mai mult stereotipic.

Nu am simțit vreo conexiune cu personajul principal, nu am simpatizat-o în vreun fel. Mi s-a părut puțin cam prea rațională. Ar fi fost mai ok ca povestea să fie narată la persoana întâi pentru a vedea și care sunt sentimentele tinerei. Cred că singurul lucru pe care l-am înțeles e dorința ei de a fi mai bună, de a arăta că succesul într-un anumit domeniu nu este destinat doar genului masculin. 

Cu siguranță, este o lectură mai potrivită pentru cei pasionați de șah pentru că sunt descrise multe strategii și jocuri. În plus, stilul de scriere e destul de slab, iar pentru mine contează foarte mult cum e scrisă o carte ca să îmi placă povestea. Am văzut și o parte din serial înainte de a citi cartea, dar pe mine nu m-a vrăjit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Car accident and Death of parent

marianneiriss's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Death of parent, Death, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Classism, Cursing, Fatphobia, Grief, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Religious bigotry, Vomit, Sexual content, and Abandonment

icarusandthesun's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Great series, great book. Walter Tevis was ahead of his time. Beautiful social commentary and great representation of addiction, masterful writing and characters that you want to root for.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Alcohol, and Drug use

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Car accident, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, and Racial slurs

bwilhoite8's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

I would rate this a 3.5
I had watched the Netflix series of The Queen's Gambit and enjoyed it. Made me want to read the book. I did like the show better than the book only for a few, mostly one, reason. The main plot is playing Chess. With the book you hear Bet  Harmons thoughts about her moves where as the show didn't go into every detail whereas you just watched the game take place. However there were times I didn't know what Beth was thinking exactly or how she felt. That's where I did enjoy the book more. I don't know if I would have enjoyed the book if it wasn't for me watching the show already. The show and the book followed very closely. I might would recommend watching the show first if you don't know about Chess. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Car accident, Death of parent, and Addiction

Minor: Sexual assault

alannahberkeley's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

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

4.0

enjoyable but not as good as the show

go watch the show :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Addiction, and Car accident

Moderate: Sexual content

quejk25's review against another edition

dark inspiring tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Grief, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Sexual content, Abandonment, Car accident, and Death of parent

e_hng's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug use

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual content

Minor: Vomit