Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Queen's Gambit: A Novel by Walter Tevis

167 reviews

abigailolson's review against another edition

informative inspiring relaxing tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

gi1pierrez's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Drug use

Minor: Sexual assault

pammicmac's review against another edition

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

3.75

I enjoyed the show more

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug use

Minor: Child abuse and Sexual assault

immyscool's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

Some bits threw me of but in general it was enjoyable 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Death

solouncapitulomas's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective tense 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 could have done this at eight.” 

amazing but the tv show was even better so...yeah

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, and Drug abuse

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

lucys_library's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

eilidhfisher's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Racism

elysh_kaye's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: 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

booby's review against another edition

dark inspiring fast-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? Yes

This book was beautifully written and difficult to put down. The Netflix series was pretty true to the book and I feel like most of the changes they made were for the better considering Beth’s age throughout the story.

I definitely did not expect there to be sexual assault between two minors in the first 15 pages. It was about a page and a half.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Sexual assault, and Drug abuse

Minor: Death of parent