Quizás, esperaba demasiado de algo que no prometía tanto cuanto mis expectativas.
Lo que he alcanzado leer, me pareció un libro llano, que igual mejora luego y se convierte en un auténtico "modern classic", pero que un tipo (hombre) sexualize a una niña de 12, que habla como un rastrero hombre de 30, 40 años, y que la misma quiera abusar a su compañera de 8, me parece un pobre servicio, por dejarlo en bonito, a la visión estereotipada de las mujeres, y las negras, sobre todo.
Además, se nota que está escrito de forma a que sea exageradamente atractivo a que lo compren estudios o similares; es casi como leer un guión terminado, con el narrador tirando a la basura el concepto aquel de "show don't tell": aquí, se dice TODO, de manera muy, MUY simplificada, para atraer a gente sin hábito de lectura o espíritu crítico literario. Oh, y para dejarlo bien fácil a traductores del mundo, que no verán cualquier desafío para traducirlo en tres, cuatro días.
Menos mal que pagué 1,09€ por eso, y, aún así, me parece caro para lo que es.
Si, antes de llegar a la dichosa escena de arriba, ya me parecía eso, llano y sin ahondarse en el lado psicológico de los personajes, y ya me preguntaba si merecía la pena seguir leyéndolo, después de ello me decidí: lo dejo para dedicarme al otro que estaba leyendo antes, este sí, todo un "modern classic": Flowers for Algernon, de Daniel Keyes.
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Eight year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable. That is until she plays her first game of chess. Her senses grow sharper, her thinking clearer, and for the first time in her life she feels herself fully in control. By the age of sixteen, she's competing for the U.S. Open championship. But as she hones her skills on the professional circuit, the stakes get higher, her isolation grows more frightening, and the thought of escape becomes all the more tempting. Engaging and fast-paced, The Queen's Gambit speeds to a conclusion as elegant and satisfying as a mate in four.
--Este texto se refiere a la edición kindle_edition .
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Superb, TIME OUT
Gripping reading . . . Nabokov's The Defense and Zweig's The Royal Game are the classics. Now joining them is The Queen's Gambit, FINANCIAL TIMES
The Queen's Gambit is sheer entertainment. It is a book I reread every few years - for the pure pleasure and skill of it
Mesmerizing, NEWSWEEK
Don't pick this up if you want a night's sleep, SCOTSMAN
More exciting than any thriller I've seen lately; more than that, beautifully written
What Walter Tevis did for pool in The Hustler, he does for chess in The Queen's Gambit, PLAYBOY
A psychological thriller, NEW YORK TIMES
Walter Tevis is famous for writing The Hustler and The Man Who Fell to Earth, but this is my favorite book of his. It is about a girl who, guided by her somewhat unreliable mother, becomes a child prodigy at chess. Even if you do not know how to play chess, it is a great thriller, Literary Hub
Tevis was a great storyteller -- Lionel Shriver --Este texto se refiere a la edición kindle_edition .
Gripping reading . . . Nabokov's The Defense and Zweig's The Royal Game are the classics. Now joining them is The Queen's Gambit, FINANCIAL TIMES
The Queen's Gambit is sheer entertainment. It is a book I reread every few years - for the pure pleasure and skill of it
Mesmerizing, NEWSWEEK
Don't pick this up if you want a night's sleep, SCOTSMAN
More exciting than any thriller I've seen lately; more than that, beautifully written
What Walter Tevis did for pool in The Hustler, he does for chess in The Queen's Gambit, PLAYBOY
A psychological thriller, NEW YORK TIMES
Walter Tevis is famous for writing The Hustler and The Man Who Fell to Earth, but this is my favorite book of his. It is about a girl who, guided by her somewhat unreliable mother, becomes a child prodigy at chess. Even if you do not know how to play chess, it is a great thriller, Literary Hub
Tevis was a great storyteller -- Lionel Shriver --Este texto se refiere a la edición kindle_edition .
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ld orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable. That is until she plays her first game of chess. Her senses grow sharper, her thinking clearer, and for the first time in her life she feels herself fully in control. By the age of sixteen, shes competing for the U.S. Open championship. But as she hones her skills on the professional circuit, the stakes get higher, her isolation grows more frightening, and the thought of escape becomes all the more tempting. Engaging and fast-paced, The Queens Gambit speeds to a conclusion as elegant and satisfying as a mate in four.
--Este texto se refiere a la edición kindle_edition .
Biografía del autor
Walter Tevis was an American novelist and short story writer. Whilst a student at the University of Kentucky, Tevis worked in a pool hall and published a story about the game for an English class. He would later revisit his love for pool in the novels THE HUSTLER (1959) and THE COLOR OF MONEY (1984), both of which would be adapted into multiple award-winning films starring Paul Newman. Among his other works, THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (1963) and MOCKINGBIRD (1980) are considered masterpieces of science fiction. Tevis died in 1984.
--Este texto se refiere a la edición kindle_edition .
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- Editorial : Weidenfeld & Nicolson (14 abril 2016)
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- Longitud de impresión : 258 páginas
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Un viaje alucinante y súper adictivo. Engancha totalmente de principio a fin. Desconocía la novela hasta que vi la miniserie de televisión, pero ahora se ha convertido en una de mis historias favoritas.
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I have not seen the series on Netflix yet, I have it pending, but I doubt that I like it more than this novel. I highly recommend it.
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This a good entertaining reading full of life, well accounted even if you have no level in chess game, but don't expect a master chief novel.
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Adrian Dooley
4,0 de 5 estrellas
An absorbing read.
Revisado en Reino Unido el 11 de noviembre de 2020Compra verificada
So, yes this is a book about chess. There is lots and lots of chess speak in it, lots of games and tournaments ,described in great detail from moves to strategies, lots of characters discussing chess when practicing. Its chess centric. Its also a bloody great read.
Set in the 50s/60s, its the story of Beth Harmon, orphaned at 8 years of age and sent to Mount Sterling Orphanage in Kentucky. The lucky ones eventually get adopted and shortly after arriving Beth hopes it happens to her soon. She doesnt like the orphanage or the staff. She feels alone. The orphanage has a policy of tranquilizing the kids twice a day and its not long before Beth becomes addicted, a trait that will follow here throughout the book as she battles later also with alcohol addiction.
When Beth one day is sent to the basement on an errand, she sees the janitor playing chess and she is immediately fascinated. As she watches she quickly begins to understand the workings of the game. When her visit becomes a regular thing she eventually persuades the janitor to teach and let her play chess and he soon realizes that she is a natural and that they have a potential genius on their hands.
Beth is eventually adopted but despite this, still feels completely alone and chess is her only escape, the one thing that she is really good at. Despite not having a chess board in her new home she plays games in her head. She has a natural gift to envisage a game and go through all the permutations of it.
Eventually Beth does get a board, scrapes the money together to start entering local tournaments and soon wipes all before her, becoming first state champion and then American champion.
The ultimate test is in Russia though, where all the best players are, that is her ultimate goal. Travel to Moscow and play the best to become world champion. Easier said than done, especially when her early addiction has stayed with her and she uses tranquilizers regularly to sleep and relieve stress.
This is for sure something different and may sound like you need an interest in chess to enjoy this but you really dont. I played chess in my youth but havent played in years and only played at a very basic level but I enjoyed this one immensely. Beth is the star of the show here, with chess as her vehicle. She nots a particularly likeable character. She is quite aloof, few friends and socially awkward, she comes across as extremely selfish at times but despite this you will be rooting for her throughout. Im still undecided whether her character traits are borne from nurture or nature. Either way she is a fascinating character.
This one did suck me in and I was lost in it all the way through. Some may find it to chess heavy for their tastes but I loved it. Highly recommended.
Set in the 50s/60s, its the story of Beth Harmon, orphaned at 8 years of age and sent to Mount Sterling Orphanage in Kentucky. The lucky ones eventually get adopted and shortly after arriving Beth hopes it happens to her soon. She doesnt like the orphanage or the staff. She feels alone. The orphanage has a policy of tranquilizing the kids twice a day and its not long before Beth becomes addicted, a trait that will follow here throughout the book as she battles later also with alcohol addiction.
When Beth one day is sent to the basement on an errand, she sees the janitor playing chess and she is immediately fascinated. As she watches she quickly begins to understand the workings of the game. When her visit becomes a regular thing she eventually persuades the janitor to teach and let her play chess and he soon realizes that she is a natural and that they have a potential genius on their hands.
Beth is eventually adopted but despite this, still feels completely alone and chess is her only escape, the one thing that she is really good at. Despite not having a chess board in her new home she plays games in her head. She has a natural gift to envisage a game and go through all the permutations of it.
Eventually Beth does get a board, scrapes the money together to start entering local tournaments and soon wipes all before her, becoming first state champion and then American champion.
The ultimate test is in Russia though, where all the best players are, that is her ultimate goal. Travel to Moscow and play the best to become world champion. Easier said than done, especially when her early addiction has stayed with her and she uses tranquilizers regularly to sleep and relieve stress.
This is for sure something different and may sound like you need an interest in chess to enjoy this but you really dont. I played chess in my youth but havent played in years and only played at a very basic level but I enjoyed this one immensely. Beth is the star of the show here, with chess as her vehicle. She nots a particularly likeable character. She is quite aloof, few friends and socially awkward, she comes across as extremely selfish at times but despite this you will be rooting for her throughout. Im still undecided whether her character traits are borne from nurture or nature. Either way she is a fascinating character.
This one did suck me in and I was lost in it all the way through. Some may find it to chess heavy for their tastes but I loved it. Highly recommended.

Kindleworm Dot Com
2,0 de 5 estrellas
Dull as dish water
Revisado en Reino Unido el 17 de noviembre de 2020Compra verificada
I am at a loss as to how many 5 star reviews this book has. I can only imagine that it’s from people who never read fiction but play a lot of chess and are over extending their enthusiasm for the game by proclaiming any book that mentions a chess game as a masterpiece of writing — regardless.
One can only imagine all the anorak and fingerless-glove wearing train-spotters who read books about people on trains and give them 5 star reviews just because there’s a train in the book: Thomas the Tank Engine has so much to answer for.
All i can say is that i managed to finish it, but it isn’t anything to get excited about in any way: unless you have wet dreams about chess games.
The suggested drug abuse and dependency never actually materialises. Sure, Beth has her moments of alcohol exploration as most teenagers do, she even tries a bit of pot at a party — OMFG — and sometimes she even takes a tranquilliser or two to get to sleep; but i’d hardly call any of it drug abuse as she only manages to lose one game of chess, ever, due to having a bit too much wine and then never drinks again for the rest of the book. It’s like the gender/sex discrimination it reportedly deals with: i would imagine that most women would gladly be the first in the queue to have a few grumpy old men being annoyed at being beaten at chess by them instead of the real gender/sex discrimination real girls and women have to deal with every day.
And — shock and horror for the middle class suburbia — there’s even the suggestion that Beth may be a lesbian, or at least bi-curious. Oh the wildness!!!
To put it all mildly, it’s all very nicely portrayed and sanitised for the middle class, chess playing people of it’s day. Even the children’s home is positively idyllic compared to what a real one is like — and yes, i was in a children’s home.
I really don’t think this book has aged well at all.
All in all, a disappointment, but if you like listening to chess matches on Radio 4 and don’t like anything too risqué then it may just get you a little tingly where it matters.
One can only imagine all the anorak and fingerless-glove wearing train-spotters who read books about people on trains and give them 5 star reviews just because there’s a train in the book: Thomas the Tank Engine has so much to answer for.
All i can say is that i managed to finish it, but it isn’t anything to get excited about in any way: unless you have wet dreams about chess games.
The suggested drug abuse and dependency never actually materialises. Sure, Beth has her moments of alcohol exploration as most teenagers do, she even tries a bit of pot at a party — OMFG — and sometimes she even takes a tranquilliser or two to get to sleep; but i’d hardly call any of it drug abuse as she only manages to lose one game of chess, ever, due to having a bit too much wine and then never drinks again for the rest of the book. It’s like the gender/sex discrimination it reportedly deals with: i would imagine that most women would gladly be the first in the queue to have a few grumpy old men being annoyed at being beaten at chess by them instead of the real gender/sex discrimination real girls and women have to deal with every day.
And — shock and horror for the middle class suburbia — there’s even the suggestion that Beth may be a lesbian, or at least bi-curious. Oh the wildness!!!
To put it all mildly, it’s all very nicely portrayed and sanitised for the middle class, chess playing people of it’s day. Even the children’s home is positively idyllic compared to what a real one is like — and yes, i was in a children’s home.
I really don’t think this book has aged well at all.
All in all, a disappointment, but if you like listening to chess matches on Radio 4 and don’t like anything too risqué then it may just get you a little tingly where it matters.

AlipenW
5,0 de 5 estrellas
Beautiful game, beautiful story
Revisado en Reino Unido el 23 de noviembre de 2017Compra verificada
Sometimes you read a book about a subject you may not know anything about and it takes you to a place you didn't even know existed. This is that book. I don't play chess (although I know the rules) but I watched my brothers play and this book gave me an insight into what might have been going on in their minds. The chess is described so beautifully it was impossible not to be gripped by the excitement of the matches being played out - the glorious thrill felt by the protagonist, Beth, when she made a move came across to me so clearly. I really enjoyed this book - for the character I could empathise with although I don't play chess, for the story about an outsider finding a tribe, and for a character drawn so lightly yet so clearly. For me, this book is a great example of a story that is shown rather than told.

Mr. AJ Zeb
4,0 de 5 estrellas
A gripping novel of chess
Revisado en Reino Unido el 30 de octubre de 2020Compra verificada
I have always liked chess, never been particularly good at it, but enjoy playing it for fun. I hadn’t played it for a while and saw the Netflix adaptation of this novel. The TV series was superb and so I decided to read the book on which it’s based. Definitely worth a read. 4.5/5

Bluecashmere.
4,0 de 5 estrellas
A compelling novel, not a political treatise. Humour and suspense in abundance.
Revisado en Reino Unido el 15 de diciembre de 2020Compra verificada
I had not realised that Walter Tevis was the author of the book, which gave us the wonderful Paul Newman and George C. Scott film, 'The Hustler'. Here we have something very different. The main weakness in the negative reviews is that the novel is taken to be a serious treatment of feminism and drugs and other social problems. These elements may add some spice to the story, but it is first and foremost a cracking entertainment, a gripping tale for those who have at least a smattering of interest in chess. Beth is quite an original character - she has that in common with Fast Eddie Felson - but the other characters, certainly the Russian chess players, but also Jolene, Benny and Mrs Deardorff are pretty much caricatures, probably the only way of separating them when our experience of them is mainly from their behaviour across the chess board. It is not a story about Beth's sexual identity. Here we are in a pre-wokeism world when humour was still alive and not every action and attitude was rooted in political activism.
We have excitement, romance, changes of scene and a wonderful celebration of a very special game. It has its predictable elements but I can only agree with those who find it as absorbing as a good thriller. I feel tentative about seeing the filming of this novel, since it could easily be heavy-handed, but I expect i shall take the risk. Strip away imagined pretensions and enjoy a fine narrative.
We have excitement, romance, changes of scene and a wonderful celebration of a very special game. It has its predictable elements but I can only agree with those who find it as absorbing as a good thriller. I feel tentative about seeing the filming of this novel, since it could easily be heavy-handed, but I expect i shall take the risk. Strip away imagined pretensions and enjoy a fine narrative.
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