Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

The Queen's Gambit: A Novel by Walter Tevis

38 reviews

bookmarkplaces's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death of parent, Death, Terminal illness, Racism, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Racial slurs and Misogyny

pipyon's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, and Sexual content

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

seren's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

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.

thehappylittleelf's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

Any time an author makes me interested in learning a thing I have no interest in learning, they did a great job! The rabbit holes I fell into looking into the rules of chess was fun and also distracting, hahahaha. 
I did enjoy Beth as a main character, and I was rooting for her in the end. 

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Body shaming, Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Sexual content

lkbooks's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Body shaming and Fatphobia

_maria_'s review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Death of parent and Misogyny

merle98's review against another edition

dark inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Shamefully I must admit that I did not know the Netflix show I watched and loved was based on a book, but when I found out I knew I had to read it. Even after watching the show which surprisingly closely follows the plot of the book, the book was captivating from start to finish and, as my lovely book vendor told me, goes much deeper into the psyche of Beth which massively improves the story. I do feel that the start of the book is a little stronger than the end and there was a lot of fascinating but incomprehensible chess speak (to an outsider like me) but these are just minor grievances: Would highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Sexism, and Terminal illness

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