Is Teresa supposed to be such a weak character?

I haven’t read the novel or watched the original series so am unsure how the character is meant to come across. For someone who becomes a drug queenpin, she makes poor judgement calls and doesn’t think through her plans. Instead of trying to plot five steps ahead, she just comes up with an idea and rushes into it without considering the consequences or having her ducks already in a row.

She’s either been lucky or saved by someone else when in a jam, and she’s foolishly stubborn rather than "strong-willed." Camila, Epifanio, and James are all way smarter and tougher and her, and she doesn’t appear to have become any smarter this season so far.

I get that this is about her rise so she’s learning, but I have a problem when the protagonist is less interesting than the characters around her.

Is book and other TV Teresa the same?


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Everyone sees what you seem to be, few know what you really are. -- Machiavelli