Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis

157 reviews

mollyolloxenfree25's review against another edition

emotional inspiring slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

bek_p87's review against another edition

dark inspiring tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.75

This is a book about chess, but it is also a book about loneliness, addiction, and obsession. I loved it, so much more than I thought I would, despite not knowing anything at all about chess. Highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual content

deliriah's review against another edition

tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Vomit

laurendart's review against another edition

dark inspiring tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Addiction

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

Minor: Car accident

peckreadsbooks's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.0

so. much. chess.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Death of parent

applebottomjeans's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Addiction

Moderate: Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Racial slurs

sivujensankari's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Death

Minor: Abandonment

iirissr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

I really enjoyed the book, the writing style was beautiful. The characters were somewhat difficult to like but I was still very drawn to Beth. The actual chess playing parts were hard to understand even tho I can play chess, but I still found them fascinating. There very a few things I found unnecessery and it was clear in those bits that it was written by a man. Overall a good and interesting book about addiction and chess.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Racial slurs and Misogyny

ultangill's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

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

4.25

Inspired me to learn chess

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexism, and Drug use

Moderate: Death of parent

katilh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Death, Racism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Rape