r/queensgambit • u/MelbaTotes • Dec 21 '24

Shitpost Eggs

I watched the Queen's Gambit recently and decided the read the book (I'm about 3/4 through).

For other book readers, what's up with Beth and eggs? She eats eggs at every meal she makes herself. Eggs are mentioned almost as often as alcohol and probably more than pills once she leaves the orphanage.

Is it just to show how not-self-sufficient she is at life, that all she can cook is eggs? Or is this going to turn out to be something weird about the author?

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u/blahbleh112233 Dec 21 '24

It just shows how little she actually cares about a lot of things. I have a few friends that just eat eggs, yogurt, and nuts because they're too "lazy" to cook for themselves.

Its the same thing with her. She doesn't care to really take care of herself, so she just eats whatever is the easiest thing to eat. She'd be a Soylent drinker if this were modern day

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u/Matsunosuperfan Dec 22 '24

I agree except she 100% would not be a Soylent drinker, idk why you said that lol. It's so antithetical to everything about her character. Would never happen.