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The international bestseller that inspired the must-watch drama on USA Network starring Alice Braga as Teresa Mendoza.
From “master of the intellectual thriller” Arturo Pérez-Reverte, a remarkable tale, spanning decades and continents—from the dusty streets of Mexico to the sparkling waters off the coast of Morocco, to the Strait of Gibraltar and Spain—in a story encompassing sensuality and cruelty, love and betrayal, and life and death.
Teresa Mendoza's boyfriend is a drug smuggler who the narcos of Sinaloa, Mexico, call "the king of the short runway," because he can get a plane full of coke off the ground in three hundred yards. But in a ruthless business, life can be short, and Teresa even has a special cell phone that Guero gave her along with a dark warning. If that phone rings, it means he's dead, and she'd better run, because they're coming for her next. Then the call comes.
In order to survive, she will have to say goodbye to the old Teresa, an innocent girl who once entrusted her life to a pinche narco smuggler. She will have to find inside herself a woman who is tough enough to inhabit a world as ugly and dangerous as that of the narcos-a woman she never before knew existed. Indeed, the woman who emerges will surprise even those who know her legend, that of the Queen of the South.
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"I was first introduced to this story by the TV series of the same name that ran on the USANetwork. Was very intrigued, but wanted more. Bought this book and got exactly what I was looking for. The writing is tight, complex, and suspenseful. Crafted fabulously by a talented writer, getting the reader into the mind of each of the characters. This isn't beach reading....this requires effort and concentration, but its well worth it."
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Queen of the South Arturo PerezReverte Books Reviews
- I was first introduced to this story by the TV series of the same name that ran on the USANetwork. Was very intrigued, but wanted more. Bought this book and got exactly what I was looking for. The writing is tight, complex, and suspenseful. Crafted fabulously by a talented writer, getting the reader into the mind of each of the characters. This isn't beach reading....this requires effort and concentration, but its well worth it.
- I'm a fan of La Reina del Sur on TV, and decided to buy this book because it was cheaper than the Spanish version. The story is fascinating, how the wife of a narco becomes a narco herself. The things that happen, her working in Melilla (Africa), Spain, going to prison, getting out of prison, the lieutenant (teniente O'Farrel), all great.
What was annoying was all the sexual description about how the Queen feels when she's with pinche Guero and el Gallego. The journalists were cool, I did enjoy their take on the whole situation. There are parts of the book that are repetitive, such as the expression "para que decir que no cuando es si." The book has quite a few Spanish expressions, but most of them are translated next to them, some aren't. You'll still understand the gist of the book, the Spanish is thrown in there for flavor. There were also some legal Latin terms I didn't understand, but that's fine.
If you love books, there's a part of the book where teh characters discuss the count of Montecristo and some other books like Pedro Páramo that you may want to read. This author is very well-educated, you could consider Queen of the South to be literature, not just awesome fiction.
By the way, there are things that happen in this book that don't happen in the TV show, so enjoying both at the same time won't hurt you. - I have mixed feelings about "The Queen of the South". Overall, I enjoyed the story regarding Teresa's journey but, I had issues with the journalistic viewpoint. The sections directly related to Teresa had me completely engaged, but the journalist sections at the beginning of the book really slowed me down and frankly, I could have done without those sections. There was also a tendency to jump back and forth from Teresa's voice to the journalist's voice, which was sometimes confusing.
Once I got about halfway through the novel the story started to pick and come together. I thoroughly enjoyed Teresa's growth over the past 12 years. The one thing I was not fond of was the drug dealing aspect, which was, of course, the vehicle Teresa used to become a successful and feared business woman. Through her observation of others and self-reflection, Teresa took what she learned from all of her relationships and adversities and developed into an independent and capable young woman, which is what drew me in and allowed me to continue reading and finishing the book. I simply had to know how her story ended. - Although this book is well written it is a bit different to many crime novels. Arturo writes the book in as if he is a journalist interviewing various of the characters in the novel for various parts of it. However, in other sections it is written from the point of view of the main character, Teresa Mendoza. She rises from a peasant who 'escapes' from Mexico and ends up as Queen of a European drug running empire. I found the book to be fascinating as well as suspenseful. It was very interesting to read about the different ways drugs are smuggled into Europe and the different measures that are used to combat them.
- I’m a fan of Arturo Perez-Reverte starting with The Club Dumas, but I have to admit that his books can be a little hit or miss for me. They are so detailed that if you’re not really into the characters you can find yourself skimming or giving up in frustration with the pace. There a bit of that here, though I did find the characters fascinating, the mass of detail and descriptive language sometimes left me a bit frustrated. I also thought the motivation of the main character remained a bit sketchy to me. A quest for symmetry in life and personal dealings and a desire for revenge only covers a part of her actions. While the story is great and the level of research and detail of the narco trade was fascinating Teresa seemed a little hollow, rblven though, god knows, the author spent more than enough time inside her head. Still, this was a satisfying read and, as always, Perez writes a clean line. If you liked The Power of the Dog you will like this one, though probably not quite as much,
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