But she can never quite overcome her urge to self-destruct.įor Beth, there’s more at stake than merely winning and losing. When she is sent to an orphanage at the age of eight, Beth Harmon soon discovers two ways to escape her surroundings, albeit fleetingly: playing chess and taking the little green pills given to her and the other children to keep them subdued.īefore long, it becomes apparent that hers is a prodigious talent, and as she progresses to the top of the US chess rankings she is able to forge a new life for herself. However, this was not only because I could clearly see in my mind the characters and the scenes from the series, but also because the writing style was definitely brilliant.Ī nice story, worth reading it… I wish I could say more about the book… if only I hadn’t watched the series first!Ĭontent warnings: alcoholism, addiction, drug abuse, sexual assault, death I must say that the series was very faithful to the book, only a very few minor things were different or omitted, I think for the sake of making sense in the screen adaption.
I missed a lot the making up in my mind of the visual scenes as it’s typical of when you read a story – these were already stored in my mind because of the series. The reason is that I couldn’t develop any imagination while I was reading, because I already knew the details of the whole story and how this was going to end. I’ll always read the book first and watch the screen adaption after. Our Top Picks for Summer Reading: The Queens Gambit by Walter Tevis A young girl experiences triumph and despair as she becomes immersed in the world of competitive chess. I watched the Netflix series first and a few days later I read the book.
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