Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Gambito de dama by Walter Tevis

23 reviews

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

melina_30's review against another edition

challenging inspiring tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Alcoholism, and Addiction

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, and Adult/minor relationship

orshi999's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

I mostly read the book the find the differences between it and the series. While Anya has my whole heart I'm more fond of book Beth. The series did a good job at showing her drive and her genius but in my opinion left out a lot of the flaws that made the character so complex in the book.

Beth in the series has a dependency on the pills, in a way it looks like she needs them to function but finds out she's just fine (even better) without them. In the book Beth is aware how pills and alcohol affect her and as a result avoids them, it's forms more of a dependency on chess because chess is her drug and without it she spirals into others.

Many of the tournaments were either squished together or cut because of the limited episodes which makes sense but they add a lot of complexity,

Beth loses more often in the books and when she does she gets angry and develops as a person especially as she gets older

. All in all it was a very interesting read even though I don't understand chess and sometimes to descriptions of the games made no sense the author makes up for it with visuals. Someone who understands it better might have a better opinion on that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, and Misogyny

Moderate: Mental illness, Racial slurs, and Sexual content

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

kaylee1957's review against another edition

dark inspiring tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Drug abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Car accident, Child abuse, Sexual content, Racial slurs, Racism, Misogyny, and Death of parent

More tense than any of the thriller I've read in a long time. Finished in a day. Would read again. Better than the show.

vvsmydiamonds's review against another edition

informative 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, and Alcohol

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

hawkorsparrow's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Adult/minor relationship

fannikereskenyi's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, and Sexual content

jmross10's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Abandonment and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Death of parent and Car accident

yomama's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring relaxing fast-paced

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

5.0

amazing book i definitely recommend but there are some heavy topics so check the content warnings 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, and Death of parent

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."