Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

The Queen's Gambit: A Novel by Walter Tevis

14 reviews

lkbooks's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Body shaming and Fatphobia

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, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent

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."

nxcola's review against another edition

adventurous relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Alcohol

kathryn_changedbychrist's review against another edition

I wasn't even all the way through the first chapter. I decided to put it down because of some sexual content I wasn't a fan of. I may end up picking it up again in the future, but this isn't the book I need right now at this time in my life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming and Racism