Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Das Damengambit by Walter Tevis

240 reviews

nuah_rains's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Alcohol

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual content

samantaa27_'s review against another edition

4.5

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Sexual assault

pipe_dream's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

stories's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Engaging. Nothing like I expected from the hype I’ve been exposed too. Interesting to read against my knowledge of chess (the game) and Chess (the musical). 

Interesting ending. 

*Heavy* on the addiction plotline. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Infidelity, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Classism

cupcake8's review against another edition

1.0

Strong character development: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Sexual assault

jp333's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Trigger warning for SA and substance use. 
I didn’t expect to read this so quickly or to be as invested as I was, but I really enjoyed reading it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content

jayinbee's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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 I am not a chess person, and this book really proved it; however, that realization didn't take away from the enjoyment of the story at all. The chess scenes were intense! I was quite invested in her professional journey and successes. I was quite uncomfortable with the excessive drug and alcohol use, and especially so the sexual coercion scene when she was a child (sorry if anyone feels these are spoilers, but I feel like trigger warnings are necessary). I didn't care too much for the narration- something about her inflection and the way she voiced the characters just bristled me a bit. I probably would have preferred visually reading it, but the story was good enough that I continually looked forward to listening more and the irks weren't as noticeable as I got further invested in the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent

Minor: Racism, Sexism

lambclown's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Pretty predictable and repetitive but it kept me engaged enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse

Moderate: Fatphobia, Mental illness, Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault

weadingwifwag's review against another edition

3.5

emotional inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Sexual assault

hjb_128's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol