A review by kim_j_dare
The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis

4.0

I haven’t seen the Netflix series yet, although now I’d like to watch it to see how it brings the book to life. I greatly enjoyed the novel. Walter Tevis’s depiction of Beth, an orphaned, lonely, addiction-prone chess prodigy, was stronger than I expected it to be. Watching Beth navigate the adult world into which she was thrust— not always successfully— made this a mesmerizing read. I had a rudimentary knowledge of chess going into this. Readers with no chess knowledge might not enjoy the story as much.