A review by kecb12
The Queen of the South by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
4.0
I watched the show before reading this book, which I normally don’t like to do, but in this case, I’m glad I did. The book is nothing like the show (with one or two minor exceptions) and I wouldn’t have read this book without having seen the show first.
Teresa is such an interesting, complex, rich character. I really appreciated the way the author showed her growth over the course of the book. And I also appreciated that she still seemed human. There was a complicated grayness to her that rang true, even though my life looks nothing like hers. I felt a human connection with Teresa, which means Perez-Reverte did his job as an author. Overall, this book was a slow burn with a very exciting ending, and the parallel stories of Teresa and the first person narrator made for a full picture of who this Queen of the South is and why she is the way she is.
Teresa is such an interesting, complex, rich character. I really appreciated the way the author showed her growth over the course of the book. And I also appreciated that she still seemed human. There was a complicated grayness to her that rang true, even though my life looks nothing like hers. I felt a human connection with Teresa, which means Perez-Reverte did his job as an author. Overall, this book was a slow burn with a very exciting ending, and the parallel stories of Teresa and the first person narrator made for a full picture of who this Queen of the South is and why she is the way she is.