Once a King, Always a King: The Unmaking of a Latin King by Reymundo Sanchez - lit review

This riveting sequel to My Bloody Life traces Reymundo Sanchez's struggle to create a normal life outside the Latin Kings, one of the nations most notorious street gangs, and to move beyond his past. Sanchez illustrates how the Latin King motto once a king, always a king rings true and details the difficulty and danger of leaving that life behind. Filled with heart-pounding scenes of his backslide into drugs, sex, and violence, Once a King, Always a King recounts how Sanchez wound up behind bars and provides an engrossing firsthand account of how the Latin Kings are run from inside the prison system. Harrowing testaments to Sanchez's determination to rebuild his life include his efforts to separate his family from gang life and his struggle to adapt to marriage and the corporate world. Despite temptations, nightmares, regressions into violence, and his own internal demons, Sanchez makes an uneasy peace with his new life. This raw, powerful, and brutally honest memoir traces the transformation of an accomplished gangbanger into a responsible citizen.

lit review
Once a King Always a King by Reymundo Sanchez was a very good book. I thought it was a very inspirational story. This book was really interesting to read because it was so real. The reader just gets wrapped up in the story. As a high school freshman I thought this book was fantastic. It really showed the dangers of gang life in Chicago. Kids start getting mixed up in gangs around when they are around my age and usually they don't fully understand what they're getting themselves into. Reymundo Sanchez tells about everything from his high rolling drug dealer life style to his two year stay in prison to his new life in Miami. Most kids get into gangs for the money and the glory. Reymundo tells about how it's not worth it at all and how much better it is to be a law abiding citizen.
The story has it's emotional up's and down's as it goes through the authors life. Each part is completely raw and uncensored which sometimes made it a little hard to read. All in all I loved this book and the message it sends. This truthful story shows every aspect of gang life, good and bad. Even though all odds were against Reymundo Sanchez, he turned his life around. During his two year stay in prison he realized he needed to change. He went to school, got a job and eventually moved to Texas. After a while, Texas wasn't working out so he moved to Miami, where he lives a normal life.
I would recommend this book to everyone. It teaches life lessons such as money isn't everything and school is important. It can save peoples lives from gang relations and drugs. Once a King Always a King is a really good book.

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