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

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The story of Beth, and orphaned chess prodigy, is fascinating on it's own, but I feel as though Tevis doesn't always structure the story in the way you expect to particularly good effect.
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