This book was very interesting, but a little slow. It felt like a textbook, especially in the beginning.

El Chapo is the most famous of the modern narco traffickers and his story is fascinating but this book was a little disappointing for me. As I am interested in the topic of the war on drugs and current affairs in Mexico, I was too familiar with described events (contrary to the subtitle) - I read all about it in many other books, like the fascinating ‘El Narco’ by Ioan Grillo and in Don Winslow novels, which are fiction but are based on facts. Moreover I wasn’t convinced by the author’s style.

I recommend it to the readers who are new to this topic, for them it will be a more interesting read, I suppose.

Thanks to the publisher, AtriaBooks, and NetGalley for the advance copy of this book.

A good, thorough covering of the El Chapo saga. I didn't learn much new, as it seems that this has all been covered, over and over, before. Well written, in any case. Did cover the period after El Chapo was sentenced in the U.S., and how the drug trafficking and violence has not subsided at all.

I just reviewed El Chapo by Noah Hurowitz. #NetGalley. A very well researched book that flows very well. I have seen many shows and documentaries on Chapo and it consistently maps back to these in terms of information they delivered as well.