Hey guys, I am so happy to be back after so long and I have been contemplating adding a new segment to my blog. Series have been my new founded obsession so I think writing all about them should do me good so today I will be doing a series review on the Queens Gambit, its been my new obsession and I love absolutely everything about it.
The Queens Gambit showcased on the 23rd of October 2020 and it is led by actress Anya Taylor-Joy.
The opening scene of the queens gambit starts with a young girl (Elizabeth Harmon) who had just lost her mom in an car accident and then later is taken to the orphanage.
This orphanage as depressing as she thought it was for her opened a whole new world for her and that is where she discovers chess, and chess changes her life forever from the age of 9.
The series keeps true to the 1950/1960 aesthetic and that is the most vital part of the entire series, They keep their lights dim and their clothes dull and dark to keep true to the aesthetic of that era.
As time goes by Elizabeth Harmon then comes across challenges in her chess career but also encounters love as well.
She starts backtracking in her chess career because of her unresolved childhood traumas and starts picking up on bad coping mechanisms and those mechanisms force her to make difficult decisions about herself and how she wants to lead her life.
The series follows a sequence of events that happen in her life and they group them in a manner that do not confuse the viewer or to a point where a viewer has to wonder what is happening.
The storyline has an amazing build-up and the writer knew how to carry forward the story from when Elizabeth was a child all the way to the point where she’s a young adult. The storyline is clear and precise, showing character development in Elizabeth and how she chooses to deal with her challenges to benefit her and her chess career.
The series is bingeworthy and it has been one of the best shows I have discovered on Netflix in a while. The 7 episodes are about 50 minutes to an hour long because some scenes took a while to play out and to end but nonetheless, each moment was of perfection.
Anya Taylor-Joy is an amazing and beautiful lead actress and the style of writing for the show is a good 8.5/10
Overall, I recommend this series with a rating of 9/10.
Stay tuned to see which series I review next! Thank you for reading!
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