The Rogue

4'5 /5 estrellas
Me ha encantado. Incluso me ha gustado más que el anterior . No me ha aburrido en ningún momento, da igual en que personaje estuviera enfocado la historia todas eran entretenidas e interesantes. Algunas igual son más interesantes que otras pero no aburren.
Sonea me sigue encantando y está ven la historia enfocada en lorkin me ha gustado más que en el libro anterior igual que las de Dannyl y Lilia aunque al principio no me ha convencido al final también me ha gustado.
En conclusión me ha parecido un libro super entretenido que me parece mejor que el primero. Espero que el siguiente y creo que último sea aún mejor y que tenga un buen final. Super recomendado.

Lorkin is living with the Traitors' in their safe haven within the mountains of Sachaka. He has been assigned work in the hospital section where he helps healing the sick inhabitants. So far he hasn't had to use magic to heal anyone but he realises it's not going to take long before he's going to need to use magic to save someone's life. But he is just as sure that when that day comes, Kalia is going to everything in her power to make sure the kowledge is shared – even if it will cost lives to make sure it is.

Meanwhile, Lord Dannyl tries to continue his research about the storestone that seems to have been the cause of the wastelands in Sachaka. But suddenly Tayend shows up as the new Ambadassor from Elyne wich is bittersweet – but show more Dannyl struggles to find the sweetness of it most of the time. Especially when Achati is around... which is often as he seems just as passionate in finding out the truth about the storestone and the wastelands.

Back in Kyralia, a young novice by the name Lilia has befriended her beautiful, charming classmate Naki. Lilia is completely and absolutely besotted with her new friend but everything changes one night when Naki suggests they try to learn black magic from a book she found in her father's office...

Oh, boy. This book was definitely an improvement from the first book of the series. The new storylines are established and Canavan has already spent so much time reminding the reader of what happened during the first series that there's not really much of it in this one – which truly felt like a blessing. I felt a lot more excited during my read through of this one than book one. I know that book one in a trilogy is the first act of a three act structure but I felt impatient and bored in a way I didn't even feel during te first forty pages of The Fellowship of the Ring.

There was a lot of character development in this one and especially Lorkin was given more room to establish himself as a distinct character. But I liked the new characters as well; even if Lilia had me groaning more than once or twice. There was a lot of Anyi in this one which was very much appreciated and hopefully she can teach Lilia a thing or two by the next book. God knows that girl needs it.

Although despite her obvious lack of judgement and her severe naivety, I liked this subplot quite a lot. It gave more insight to the life of the novices and how their lives are affected by everything going on – especially after the events of the previous trilogy. But it was also a good symbolic story for what domestic abuse is like; how it isn't always physical and how hard it is to change one's mindset concerning the abuser as the victim.

But most of all, I'm really excited to read the concluding act of this series. I have a feeling it's going to be a really good one. show less

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"Io non lo so. Non ho fatto che andare dietro a Naki. Lei mi ha
detto..." Naki le aveva detto che si fidava di lei. Si sarebbe
mai più fidata di lei, adesso? Io la amo, e lei mi odia! All'improvviso
il colpo subito e il senso di perdita tracimarono da suo
animo, e Lilia scoppiò in lacrime.

La Guaritrice dei Maghi è il secondo libro nella trilogia "della maga traditrice" o "di Lorkin", ovvero la trilogia che viene subito dopo la Trilogia del Mago Nero.
Continuano le avventure di Lorkin al Santuario delle Traditrici, così come quelle Dannyl e Achati a Sachaka e quelle di Sonea alla Corporazione. Se Lorkin si trova show more intrappolato tra due fazioni delle Traditrici, Sonea ha a che fare con il mago Skellin, ancora in libertà. E, a quanto pare, non è l'unico mago fuorilegge ad Imardin...
In questo libro facciamo la conoscenza di Lilia e Naki, due novizie della Corporazione, completamente diverse tra loro. Mentre Lilia mi è stato se non indifferente, almeno un po' simpatica, di Naki avevo subito il sospetto che avrebbe portato danni, e così è stato. Una ragazzina odiosa, davvero.
Torna anche Dorrien, che cerca di aiutare Sonea alla ricerca di Skellin, mentre Regin è indaffarato con questioni familiari.
Tayend è peggiorato non poco, e mi trovo ad abbandonare la coppia Dannyl/Tayend in favore di Achati/Dannyl, che pur possibile causa di screzi tra i due popoli, mi sembra più appropriata per Dannyl stesso, che è uno dei personaggi che più mi sono piaciuti da quanto ho cominciato a leggere la Saga dei maghi.
C'è anche la possibilità di una futura Anyi/Lilia, che, se potessimo davvero avere, mi renderebbe la lettrice più felice del mondo.
Trudi Canavan, pur mettendo a nostra disposizione diverse avventure e personaggi a cui ci affezioniamo subito o meno, fa in modo che tutti gli eventi si ricolleghino tra loro attraverso un filo rosso che ci permette di avere altre informazioni sul mondo dei Maghi, ma anche sulla storia stessa dei paesi e delle popolazioni che ha creato, così diversi tra loro.
In alcuni punti ho avuto difficoltà a continuare, perché c'erano pezzi della storia che a me non interessavano particolarmente, e che però si sono rivelati importanti per far luce sulla storia di Kyralia, ma anche su Skellin e su chi lo aiuta. Ed è proprio questo quello che adoro di questa scrittrice: non ti permette di distrarti, perché qualsiasi cosa, anche la più banale, può rivelarsi importante se a scoprirla è un personaggio piuttosto che un altro. show less

Enjoyable enough but not really going anywhere special. Probably best read with the previous book still in mind. There is a bit of a recap at the start but I found I'd forgotten some of the more pertinent details.

We follow various characters who were introduced in the last book. The disjointed style does distract form whatever tension is generated as we quickly jump to the next character. Ambassador Dannyl is snubbed by the Sasactians but manages to still explore some interesting local tribes. Sonea's son Lorkin is away with the Traitors learning a new society and trying to keep out of trouble. Meanwhile back in the city they're still hunting for the rogue Magician thief, causing Cery many problems while two new Apprentice girls get up show more to all sorts of trouble on their own.

As before the annoying animal names have been dispensed with, and the world building and magic system remains the most interesting part of the book, especially because there is very little action happening at all, various characters just find things out over the course of time and conversations. Some of the things they find out are of course romantic in nature, and I'm not quite sure why Trudi is pushing the homosexuality quite so hard in this novel, when it was muted in the previous ones. It is just another plot pint that is left for the final book in the series to clear up.

Very much a mid-trilogy book.
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Enjoyed this more on re-read directly after the previous book. There are quite a few different romances and potential romances going on between various permutations, and this seems to be Trudi's main underlying theme in this series. The frequent character jumping about is the only real downside and does get a little distracting sometimes when we switch viewpoints (and continents!) wihtin a paragragh or two. show less

Much better than the previous book. Loved the new characters and the ending left me wanting to read the next book ASAP without being a frustrating cliff hanger.

Only complaint might be that the three-and-a-half plot lines all interrelated a little too conveniently. But on the other hand, information was withheld from characters in suitable ways that I didn't find contrived, which added to the tension.

I'm finding it hard to decide what I thought of this book. I found it hard to put down and enjoyed most of the plot development: but I'm increasingly finding Trudi Canavan's style frustrating.

There are many threads interwoven here - Lorkin, Sonea, Dannyl, Cery and the new character Lilia. Some are much more interesting than others (which often seem to plod aimlessly), some are blindingly predictable and others are fascinating. But the pacing seems unbalanced and occasionally months pass "just like that".

I love some of the characters, but find myself ambivalent to many of the rest now. All the non-lead characters have become completely flat. I think the lack of any convincing villains is a flaw.

I am looking forward to part 3 of the show more trilogy, I really want to find out where the story goes, but I'm bracing myself for a bumpy ride. show less

The Rogue, the second book in Trudi Canavan's Traitor Spy Trilogy, picks up right where The Ambassador's Mission left off.

This book is a solid 'middle' book - a few questions are answered, more questions are raised, everyone progresses a little bit and a few sub-plots are resolved. There are no major changes, but the plots are coming together, and the new discoveries about the capabilities of magic seem to be headed for a clash with the old-fashioned Guild traditions.

It seems that big changes are ahead for the magicians of the Guild, whether they want it or not. While much of this book felt like set-up for the next, it was enjoyable set-up. The cast is powerful and fully developed; while the politics and machinations between the two show more nations brilliantly convoluted.

I am looking forward to the final confrontation. show less