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Reina Roja by Juan Gómez- Jurado
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Mayores de 18 años
  Alba26 | Sep 26, 2019 |
English (22)  Spanish (8)  All languages (30)
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Empecemos por lo bueno:
- Es entretenido, casual, directo, gracioso y emocionante
- Hay dos personajes buenos, o al menos distinguibles de los demas, Jon y el malo.
- Capitulos cortos, chop, chop moviendonos rapido

Ahora lo malo:
- Flashback y mas flashbacks. Si me tienes que re-explicar algo, no lo hiciste bien la primera vez. Arregla la primera introduccion y ahorrame el flashback.
- Ha faltado un buen editor, uno de los que te corta partes que no mueven la historia, uno de los que te arreglan frases que no se entienden. Al libro no le sobran paginas, pero quitas los dialogos insulsos , los flashback inutiles y a cambio pones a Antonia brillando de verdad en alguna situacion comprometida y la cosa cambia mucho.
- Los dialogos, por ejemplo entre Jon y Antonia, a veces no se quien esta hablando. Hablan exactamente igual. No solo ellos, practicamente todos los personajes hablan igual, gente de todo tipo de condicion social, de lo mas alto a lo mas bajo, podrias coger e intercambiar una linea de dialogo y ponersela a otro personaje y funciona!
- Antonia, la protagonista tiene muchas paginas para ella pero a mi casi me ha parecido un personaje secundario, aunque el autor le ha dado todo tipo de caracteristicas y detalles aun asi como que le falta presencia, no se como explicarlo bien.
- La trama tiene mas agujeros que un colador de fideos. Y a menudo es muy conveniente Me gusta como la chica de una tienda de tatuaje se acuerda de un tatuaje y lo puede encontrar en las fotos de hace 20 años y no lo hizo ni ella. Aqui todo el mundo tiene memoria fotografica.
- La motivacion no tiene sentido. todo TODO esto es porque nosequien quiere acabar con Antonia. Ese mismo nosequien ha estado en su casa, Antonia lleva 3 años en su casa deprimida. No se, durante esos 3 años alguien podria pasarse por ahi, pegar un tiro, o secuestrarla o lo que sea, no?
- El final es bastante lamentable. Muy peliculero y tal pero tanto tanto que sabes lo que va a pasar porque es lo tipico o alquien pensaba que Carla iba a morir asfixiada? sabes de sobra que viene Jon, en el ultimo segundo claro, al niño le va a coger la mala, malisima de rehen, etc.
- Hablando de tipico. Topicazos a derecha e izquierda.
- Antonia es la mujer mas inteligente del mundo pero se pasa como el 75% de la novela a rastras de otros personajes o perdidisima
- Antonia que es la mujer mas inteligente del mundo, con acceso a recursos infinitos por saber el secreto de Laura Trueba y su plan es ir ella misma con una pistola que no sabe disparar? Es dificil pensar en un plan mas estupido.
- Dice que cuando vio que el taxi estaba conducido por una mujer sabia que Parra se encaminaba a una trampa. Cual es la razon?

Hay mucho malo ahi pero al fin y al cabo es un libro entretenido que es lo que cuenta.
Si piensas: mira yo quiero pasar el rato, en plan peli de Marvel, que la trama y tal tenga problemas, tampoco es que espere Agatha Christie, dame algo divertido y ya. Entonces este libro es perfecto. ( )
  trusmis | Aug 12, 2024 |
This was a Goodreads giveaway. I struggled to be interested in the characters and premise of this book. I was very excited to read it as I love a good thriller, but this did not do it for me. I had a lot of difficulty finishing it in the end, constantly putting it down to read other books, which usually is a good indicator of how I feel about what I'm reading. I found the characters to not be believable and I wasn't really invested in what was happening to them. ( )
  Bambean | May 20, 2024 |
gay-cops, thriller, 21st-century, crime-fiction, suspense, Spain, Spanish-literature, noir, detective, intrigue, kidnapping, Madrid, law-enforcement, forensic-consultant, reclusive, adrenaline rush, PTSD, extortion, gruesome, serial-murder, investigations, unputdownable*****

Translated into English from the Spanish of Spain.
Twisty, alarming, fast-paced, and thoroughly addictive. The publisher's blurb covers the very basics, and no need to repeat, and spoilers are just wrong. Did I mention addictive addictive?!
I requested and received an EARC from St. Martin's Press/Minotaur Books via NetGalley. Thank you.

#AntoniaScottNo1 #TranslatedIntoEnglish ( )
  jetangen4571 | Dec 12, 2023 |
Fast paced and suspenseful mystery thriller set in Spain.

First in a trilogy featuring the brainiac Antonia Scott, a young woman whose intelligence makes her able to solve some of the most difficult murder cases, who teams up with a disgraced police officer, Jon Gutierrez, from Bilbao. Together they are meant to work behind the scenes on an investigation involving the discovery of a savagely murdered teenaged boy from a very wealthy family. Then the daughter of a billionaire is nabbed. The cases appear to be linked. The clock is ticking and these two must figure out who and why.

The action was rapid and the chapters were short. Lots of time hops and backstory. Interesting details that many nerds will love. Despite it being a bit choppy, the narrative came together leaving some unanswered questions. The partnership between the two main characters is interesting and definitely has a lot of potential for added depth especially in their personal lives. I’m interested to see where the story goes next and plan to read the second in the series shortly.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for this e-book ARC to read, review, and recommend. ( )
  CelticLibrarian | Nov 24, 2023 |
Antonia Scott was crafted into the woman she is today. Through intense and inhuman training she has become most intelligent person in the world. A covert police force created her to help them fight crime but it's come at a price...it's cost her the people she love. Enter dishonered Police Inspector, Jon Gutierrez, who has been blackmailed into bringing Scott back to work to find a heinous criminal mastermind.

Antonia and Jon were endearing characters. The location for the final scene was very interesting and if I'm ever in Barcelona I need to find it. The plot moved fairly quickly and the ending was satisfying - but only because I knew this was a series.

FYI There is a gruesome bomb scene described in minute detail so be warned if that's not your thing.

I'm looking foward to reading the next installment. Many thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press, Minotaur Books for providing me a copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion. ( )
  she_climber | Nov 14, 2023 |
Antonia Scott was once part of an elite but secret European Union crime-fighting unit, Red Queen, devoted to foiling master criminals until a personal trauma made her quit. Disgraced police officer Jon Gutierrez is offered a way of redeeming himself…get Scott to come back to Red Queen and his suspension will disappear. Easier said than done. Needless to say, he was successful but his involvement with Scott doesn’t end there. They are assigned to investigate the murder of the son of a prominent Madrid family, a murder and investigation that must stay out of the public eye.

The murderer has left no trace and clues are virtually non-existent. To make matters worse, the daughter of the wealthiest man in the world has been kidnapped and her father is given 5 days to meet the kidnapper’s ‘impossible’ demand. Scott and Gutierrez believe the same person is behind both crimes and time is ticking away.

More thriller than mystery police procedural, Gomez-Jurado humanizes both Scott and Gutierrez by providing snippets of their history in the form of flashbacks as they bond and learn to rely on each other. In addition, you get to learn a little of the history of Spain, including information about the underground aqueducts.

The action is non-stop as are the twists and turns, both wrong turns and right ones. I will admit that I had to suspend belief occasionally, but that didn’t detract from my enjoyment of the book. Taking place in the warm Spanish summer, this is a big change from the cold desolate climate of my Scandinavian noir favorites.

The author lightens the drama with some intermittent chuckle-inducing humor.

The next book in the series, Black Wolf, will be translated into English in 2024 and White Knight has not yet been translated. ( )
  EdGoldberg | Oct 9, 2023 |
IMe han gustado:
-Engancha, lectura ligera y amena, humor mezclado con buena escritura y buen argumento estructural.
- Personajes principales muy definidos y complejos
-Las referencias a Sabina jeje
- El estilo narrativo nos da un visual muy ¨de pelicula¨, muy refrescante

No me ha gustado;
-El final y los villanos: son personajes no complejos sin mucha caracterización. Algo se explica sobre Nicolás, pero Sandra sigue siendo un misterio que no se resuelve. No sólo no se deja claro qué es lo que pretende ni cuál es la intención que tiene al llevar a cabo esos actos, es que ni siquiera sabemos quién es realmente. ( )
  enlasnubess | Oct 2, 2023 |
A spanish 'girl with dragon tattoo' heroine, excellent ( )
  ChrisGreenDog | Jun 30, 2023 |
I am always happy to discover a new police procedural with quirky characters. Equally excited to discover a writer I know nothing about. This book was an over-the top, out of the park fascinating psychological roller coaster with great dialog and I loved every page. The eccentricities of the characters and what they get up to are outrageously contemplated, parsed and intersected as they circle the proverbial drain. Of course there is a murder or two or three, of course the killer is there and gone and back again and of course it is down to seconds ….

Everything to gain and nothing to lose by reading this book. Looking forward to the next installment in the series. Thanks to Minotaur Books and NetGalley for a copy. ( )
  kimkimkim | May 21, 2023 |
Red Queen was written by the author in 2018 in his native Spanish language. It was translated into English by Nick Caistor in 2023. Gomez-Jurado is one of my favorite authors. In Red Queen he has moved away from his usual religious thrillers to a political thriller. While I loved his religious thrillers and wish he would continue to write them, Red Queen was a fabulous read.

The publisher's summary:

Antonia Scott―the daughter of a British diplomat and a Spanish mother―has a gifted forensic mind, whose ability to reconstruct crimes and solve baffling murders is legendary. But after a personal trauma, she's refused to continue her work or even leave her apartment.

Jon Gutierrez, a police officer in Bilbao―disgraced, suspended, and about to face criminal charges―is offered a chance to salvage his career by a secretive organization that works in the shadows to direct criminal investigations of a highly sensitive nature. All he has to do is succeed where many others have failed: Convince a recalcitrant Antonia to come out of her self-imposed retirement, protecting her and helping her investigate a new, terrifying case.

The case is a macabre, ritualistic murder―a teen-aged boy from a wealthy family whose body was found without a drop of blood left in it. But the murder is just the start. A high-ranking executive and daughter of one of the richest men in Spain is kidnapped, a crime which is tied to the previous murder. Behind them both is a hidden mastermind with even more sinister plans. And the only person with a chance to see the connections, solve the crimes and successfully match wits with the killer before tragedy strikes again...is Antonia Scott.

Antonia Scott is a lovable investigator regardless of her personality quirks. She has been chosen to be Spain's red queen, a titled bestowed on one brilliant investigator in each European country. Antonia relies on pills that her Mentor gives her to help her filter outside stimuli so that she can focus on what she is seeing at a scene. The pills only work for an hour so she has to be selective about when she takes them. Red Queen is a crime fighting organization in Europe, similar to Interpol. Her sidekick Jon Gutierrez had been seriously wronged by a former employer and I couldn't help but root for him. This team of crime fighters work amazingly well together which is a good thing as Red Queen is the beginning of the Antonia Scott series.

Despite Antonia and Jon's differences they quickly begin working on tracking down a criminal named Ezekiel who has slowly drained the blood from a man's carotid artery. There was no blood at the scene nor was there any blood in the victim's body. Ezekiel then kidnaps Carla Ortiz, the daughter of the richest man in the world. I saw shades of Bill Gates here. Ezekiel is an interesting character. He frequently tells himself "I am a good person." He also uses a line from Psalm 23 to add his signature to each crime scene: annointing the dead person's head with oil.

The story had a super fast pace and was unputdownable. If you decide to read this book, make sure that you have time to finish it in one sitting. You won't be able to stop reading. It seemed that each chapter had a new twist to add to the story and this created alot of suspense. The short chapters also helped me keep reading because what's a few more pages before taking a break. Right?

The Red Queen is a must read. ( )
  Violette62 | May 6, 2023 |
Empecé a leerlo por las buenas críticas que tenía. Es el primer libro que leo de este autor. Está entretenido, pero sin más. No me parece nada del otro mundo. ( )
  Sandra315 | Apr 30, 2023 |
A really good barnburner of a novel soon to be made into a series on Amazon Prime. The book takes place is Madrid and involves the kidnapping the daughter of an ultrarich industrialist. Enter two very interesting detectives to ferret out what happened. One is a policeman who is on the outs with his department and the other a super intelligent woman who is "retired" but is asked to take the case and does due to its high profile nature. The book is very well done and there will be a sequel. ( )
  muddyboy | Apr 5, 2023 |
Solving complex crimes requires a special investigative team
Characters in “Red Queen” by Juan Gómez-Jurado, arrive on the page with complicated and “unclean” pasts. They feel they live in a world full of the incompetent, the egotistical, and the just plain stupid; readers immediately want to know everything about them.
It is Sunday evening in Spain, close to dinnertime. A teen-aged boy from a wealthy family is found dead, and yet there are no signs of violence. His body has been totally drained of blood, and not a drop of blood can be found in the pristine home. Solving this horrific crime will be complex, demanding, and will require a special investigative team.

Antonia Scott is unbearable, secretive, bossy, and has terrible taste in food. She is unpredictable and probably as mad as a hatter. However, when she smiles, her face lights up like a Christmas tree. She also has a gifted forensic mind, and her ability to reconstruct crimes and solve baffling murders is legendary. Jon Gutiérrez is forty-three, hates to climb stairs, and can lift 293 kilos. He is a suspended police officer about to face criminal charges when he is offered a chance to salvage his career. He must team up with the temperamental Scott to crack an unsolvable case. They will work not as police officers, but will instead, investigate outside normal channels as experts from the super-secret “Red Queen Project,” a highly classified organization that investigates crimes of a highly sensitive nature.
The murder of the teen-aged boy is macabre and ritualistic, but this is just the start. An heiress of one of the richest men in Spain is kidnapped, and this crime is tied to the previous murder. The mastermind behind these crimes might just have even more sinister plans. Antonia Scott can certainly match wits with the killer and solve the crimes, but can Jon Gutiérrez keep her focused and on task in order to make the connections before there is another death?
“Red Queen” is fast-paced and filled with tension, intrigue, and secrecy. I also listened to “Red Queen” as an audio book narrated by Scott Brick. Brick has a multi-dimensional voice that is melodic, reassuring, and matter of fact, but at other times cautionary, unsettling, and alarming. There is urgency in the narration, a tone of anticipation and yet dread of what is to come. The audio version provides a very different experience than the printed book. Both are exciting with non-stop action and reaction.
I received a review copy of “Red Queen” from Juan Gómez-Jurado, Scott Brick, St. Martin's Press, Minotaur Books, and Macmillan Audio. Readers frantically turn the pages and yet are afraid of what might come next.
“Red Queen” is now available in print, as an e-book, and on audio from independent bookstores, online booksellers, retail stores, public libraries, and anywhere you get your books. ( )
  3no7 | Mar 15, 2023 |
The title Red Queen made me curious, but it was not what I expected. The author is unfamiliar to me, but the cover made me curious, with #1 International bestseller. Then, I read the blurb, and thought this could be a winner for me. And boy was it. Antonia Scott was so much more than I expected and I love that her ‘partner’ is a disgraced police officer. I love when a characters can find redemption, and I feel he will.

Antonia Scott allows herself to think of suicide no more than three minutes a day.

Does that intrigue you? It sure did me. Why did she think of suicide at all? Isn’t she a gifted forensic investigator? A personal tragedy leaves her with a heavy sense of guilt that she cannot escape. I am not going to tell you why. You will have to discover that for yourself.

Inspector Jon Gutierrez is a disgraced police officer, suspended from work. He has always been harassed because of being gay in a male driven society. He loves to cook. He is not fat, just rock solid. I think a lot of cooks love to eat. For others, like me, it is more like fuel. He has been tasked with bringing Antonia out of her self imposed isolation and has no idea what he is coming his way.

“My brain…isn’t normal. I can do things others find impossible.”

When I found the reason for that, I had ambivalent feelings. I guess, if it was what she wanted, who am I to judge.

Red Queen started out slow for me, but I think that is Juan Gomez Jurado’s way of preparing me for what is to come. The only problem I had was when he went back and forth between Jon and Inspector Gutierrez. It was early in the book and took me a little while to go with it and quit questioning whether he was talking about two people instead of one.

‘You sacrifice a pawn for the sake of continuing the game. Because the only thing that matters is to keep on playing.’

As we delve into the mystery, the suspense slowly rises. The story deepens. The sacrifices are costly, the players out for themselves

When Jon brings a rubber plant to her place, trying to make the barren room feel like a home, I cracked up. And…well, I can’t say. I will say this, though, the story kept getting better, the characters more real, foibles and all.The last quarter or more of the book was unputdownable. My desire to know them better, to work another case with them, intrigued me.

After the story is over, Juan Gomez Jurado shared some information that had me going to the internet to find out more for myself. Now…that is the sign of a great writer.

I voluntarily reviewed a free copy of Red Queen by Juan Gomez Jurado.

See more at http://www.fundinmental.com ( )
  sherry69 | Mar 14, 2023 |
Over 2 million readers in 17 countries can’t be wrong. This book, Red Queen, by Juan Gomez-Jurado, is a fast paced, hard hitting, thrilling ride without stops. Jon Gutierrez is a cop in trouble. He has been caught planting drugs on a pimp to get him off the street. It was not Jon’s normal move, but the dealer was regularly beating his woman. Jon tried to help, but the pimp’s woman then turned Jon in to the Police to get her pimp out of jail. Now Jon is in trouble and on a short leash with the Police department. He has been given a chance to vindicate himself if he agrees to a new hush-hush job. If he can get a reclusive woman to work on a special assignment outside the normal Police channels, things just might get better for him. Antonia Scott has been out of the game for three years since her husband became collateral damage in a case she was working. He has been comatose in a hospital for more than two years. Antonia has been constantly by his side vainly hopping for him to get better, while blaming herself for his predicament. Jon doesn’t even know why this woman is so important. At this point she seems nothing more than a recluse, not caring about herself or anything but her injured husband. But Jon’s career and any chance at a new life is on the line and he is reluctantly willing to try anything, even being coerced by the Police department into this crazy assignment to get some semblance of his life back. What Jon doesn’t know is that Antonia has been instrumental in solving a number of cases in Spain. Her help has never been acknowledged by any Police department. She does not appear in any Police reports. She doesn’t testify or appear in court. She just solves the cases that would otherwise never be closed. She has special abilities to uncover clues and analyze crime scenes. She has saved countless lives, yet her help is never acknowledged. Jon is in for a wild ride, if he can just get Antonia away from her invalid husband and into a car waiting to take them to a crime scene. This book was provided for review by St. Martin’s Press/Minotaur Books ( )
  Ronrose1 | Feb 12, 2023 |
Two unique detectives take on a difficult case. Jon Guiterrez is a disgraced cop. He was filmed planting drugs in a pimp's car and now faces potential criminal charges. He's approached by a man who calls himself Mentor who will make everything go away if he just does one small favor for him.

Antonia Scott has a gifted forensic mind, but a personal tragedy caused a mental breakdown. Now all she does is spend nights in hospital with her comatose husband and days in her empty apartment. Jon has to convince her to take a case assigned by Mentor.

The body of a young boy has been found drained of blood and posed in his parents' house in an exclusive and very secure neighborhood of Madrid. He had been kidnapped and a demand was made to his mother who runs one of Europe's largest banks. When the demand wasn't met, the boy was killed. There is a lot of pressure to cover up the crime.

Then the daughter of the world's richest man is kidnapped, and another demand is sent to her father. Her father isn't going to meet the demand which leaves Antonia and Jon just a few days to find and rescue her. But the regular police don't want to cooperate since they are led by a real glory hound who sees solving the case as the road to fame and promotion he desperately wants.

Not only are Jon and Antonia avoiding notice from the villains, but they have to avoid the police too. Antonia's keen observation skills and unconventional mind help them discover clues that the police don't. But the villain has a new plan in mind: kidnap Antonia's four-year-old son.

I enjoyed this story which was translated from the Spanish and is the start of a trilogy very popular in Spain. The characters of Jon and Antonia were very complex and nuanced. The mystery was both gritty and involved. I'm looking forward to reading more about these two unconventional detectives. ( )
  kmartin802 | Feb 7, 2023 |
I received an advance copy of this book, thank you

I really enjoyed this book. It reminded me of "the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo". and when I read the review for the book, they mentioned that also.

I loved the characters.
There's Antonia Scott. She's a very special individual, who has an incredible mind, and who has had devasting things happen to her, that colors how she looks at the world.
There is Jon Gutierrez, a detective from Bilboa, who has been recently disgraced, and is facing suspension. Jon Gutierrez is approached to help solve an issue discreetly, and his problems will go away. Skeptical, he agrees, and that's when he and Antonia pair up. No two are more dissimilar, and neither is enjoying their partnership.
The cases they are dealing with are baffling, and many forces work against them, as they race to figure it out before time runs out.
This is a faced paced book, that has promise of continuing. ( )
  cjyap1 | Dec 23, 2022 |
Review of Uncorrected Digital Galley

Inspector Jon Gutierrez, a well-intentioned police officer, finds himself in dire straits, suspended without pay from the force. Caught planting heroin in a pimp’s car in order to protect a young girl, he’s also facing charges of falsifying documents, tampering with evidence, obstructing justice, and professional disloyalty. If convicted, he faces prison for as much as ten years.

As he sits waiting for what comes next, a man calling himself Mentor approaches him, offering Jon a way out of his troubles. In exchange, Jon must meet a friend of Mentor’s and take her dancing.

Antonia Scott is the friend. All he needed to do, Mentor said, was get the woman into the car. But Jon has no idea of what will happen when he gets her into the car. Antonia, of course, refuses.

Mentor and Jon have a phone conversation in which Jon learns some things about the mysterious woman living in an attic apartment with no furniture, and he decides to try again. But Antonia requests the answers to two questions; if he has the right answers, she will go with him.

And so begins an adventure with a good policeman and a woman with a gift that allows her to reconstruct crimes and solve baffling mysteries. Their case involves the murder of a teen-aged boy and the kidnapping of the daughter of one of Spain’s richest men. But there’s something more, something sinister involved . . . and Antonia is the only one who has a chance of discovering the truth before tragedy befalls someone else.

Will she find a way? And why does the mysterious Mentor need Jon’s help?

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In this, the first in a trilogy involving Jon and Antonia, readers meet the inspector and the gifted woman, two well-drawn, engaging characters. Their relationship is the linchpin in the telling of the tale as readers slowly learn the backstory of each individual.

A strong sense of place anchors the narrative; its gripping premise is original and intriguing, yielding an adventure filled with both danger and fascination.

With its ever-present undercurrent of tension, the unfolding story is both gritty and compelling. The plot takes several unexpected twists, keeping readers guessing as the suspense-filled tale slowly reveals its secrets.

Readers are sure to find themselves pulled into the telling of the tale from the outset; the author’s skillful weaving of the events into an unputdownable tale creates a story that readers will find impossible to set aside until they’ve turned the final page.

Highly recommended.

I received a free copy of this eBook from St. Martin’s Press, Minotaur Books and NetGalley
#RedQueen #NetGalley ( )
  jfe16 | Sep 9, 2022 |
Novela ligera para leer en verano.

No obstante, la descripción que da el autor en el momento de la bomba a los policias increible ( )
  jordisolisc | Aug 7, 2022 |
5/5 estrellas

Me ha encantado desde el principio hasta el final.
Me ha enganchado la historia, siempre quería saber más o que iba a pasar. Incluso cuando ves las cosas desde el asesino me seguía engachado para saber cómo lo iban a coger.
A pesar que es un libro bastante largo me lo leí en nada. Es super fácil de leer con capítulos super cortos que hacen que leas y leas y cuando te das cuenta has leído un montón de páginas.
En cuanto a los personajes Jon y Antonia me encantaron, sobre todo esta última, la fuerza del personaje y todo lo que pasó en el pasado.
En conclusión me ha encantado. Un libro aunque largo se hace super ameno con capítulos cortos y siempre con un toque de humor por la narración y por Jon 😄. Uno de las mejores lecturas sin duda. Muy recomendado. ( )
  airun95 | May 7, 2020 |
Bueno, creo que el señor Gómez Jurado ha creado una pareja policíaca de largo recorrido. Ambos personajes por separado son interesantes, y juntos más. Mucho más.
El autor lleva toda su vida literaria puliendo su estilo para hacerlo adictivo, al estilo Dan Brown, que todos sabemos que es una mierda pero parió un page turner tras otro mientras le dio la gana. Y una vez que ha conseguido ese estilo se ha dedicado a construir trama y personajes, que es algo que a Brown le traía al fresco (una directora de la agencia nacional de seguridad que no es capaz de descifrar un código para niños de 3 años, etc).
El resultado es un libro que me ha gustado mucho, que te hace pasar las páginas porque NECESITAS saber qué pasa después y que, al acabar, te deja buen sabor de boca y no te hace sentir sucio como los de Brown.

En la parte de las cosas que me sacaron un poco de la historia, hay una parte de la trama, trama que el autor pide no comentar en RRSS, en la que una casualidad es vital para que la historia avance, y no solo para eso, sino para que la investigación policial se ponga en marcha. Y justo después, otra casualidad pone a los policías tras la pista del malo. Y el final no tiene que ser completamente cerrado, hay finales abiertos que quedan bien, pero aquí no hay final. Hay un salto hasta el siguiente capítulo, que llegará cuando el autor quiera escribir el siguiente libro. Y nos deja sin saber la mitad de la historia. No me gusta tampoco.

El autor también intercala lo que los americanos llaman referencias, que básicamente son citas de otras cosas (grupos, canciones, citas de películas) sin mencionarlas. Cuando habla del inspector Gutiérrez usa expresiones de canciones de Sabina, supongo que porque al personaje le gusta Sabina. Cuando hablan Gutiérrez y Antonia mete referencias a martes y Trece (tú haces una gira por Soria y te forras -aunque no añade el hija de la gran puta de después que sí añadía Josema), hay un montón de frases por el libro que recuerdan a otras cosas, y estoy seguro de que todas están metidas por algún motivo. El autor, una vez concluido el ritmo y la trama, se ha dedicado a la cría y ocultación de huevos de pascua.

Así que en conjunto positivo, pero con cosas que me han sacado de la novela y que me parecen por debajo del nivel del autor. ( )
  Remocpi | Apr 22, 2020 |
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