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The Queen's Gambit

Walter Tevis

Start date: March 1, 2021

Finish date: March 31, 2021

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Dec 26, 2020 Jenn rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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I found out about this book because of the Netflix show. I loved the show so I wanted to see how the book compared to it.

The pacing of the book was very fast. It was nice that there wasn't too much chess jargon in it. While I have some knowledge of chess I was worried the book would bore me, but it didn't.

There were some definite differences between the book and show, but that is to be expected. I do believe that the tv show did the book justice and then some. There were added aspects to the s ...more

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Mar 31, 2021 Andreea rated it it was amazing

Absolutely loves it! Also I cannot believe it was adapted almost word for word!! Of course there were tiny details in the book that I liked, but also some other tiny details in the TV series that I liked. Overall, what a great pleasure to read this book (well, listen to it!)

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