So here we are. After years of patience the Traitor Spy trilogy has come to a close. Was it everything that I hoped it would be? Well, mostly. Like other books in the series, the strong dialogue and character development continues, as does a reduction in the level of action scenes that one would normally expect from a fantasy novel. In other words, it is a trademark Trudi Canavan novel, and one that I did enjoy.
There is one problem, though, and it is a problem that I suspect has resulted in the average rating for this book on Goodreads being below 4 at the time of writing. Whilst we are all used to Trudi Canavan's novels being light on the action side of things, with the Traitor Queen I felt like this happened to such a degree that the final third of the book lacked the sort of tension and drama that one would expect from the end of a trilogy.
You see, when you look back at the other series that Trudi Canavan has written, they do all end strongly and with some sort of epic confrontation. The Ichani Invasion in the Magician's Guild trilogy was superbly tense and well written, and whilst not as dramatic the ending of the Age of Five trilogy did manage a significant sense of scale.
Whilst we do have a somewhat inevitable encounter at the end of the Traitor Queen, I just couldn't help but feel that it was very vanilla and lacked tension and drama. It's a shame, because the rest of the book is classic Trudi Canavan and very enjoyable, but even hardened fans will struggle to claim that this book ended well, and sadly it does undermine the whole trilogy to a degree.
As a result the Traitor Spy trilogy is certainly the weakest of the three trilogies, which is a shame, but there we go. Fortunately it won't stop me (or I suspect anyone else) from looking forward to what Trudi Canavan produces next.
9780316037891 I'm really glad I persevered through to the end of this trilogy. The first two books set up the world as it has been for centuries, which was a bit tedious because we'd already had that history lesson in a much more compelling way. But finally in this book, things change. I'm not sure it needed a whole trilogy to tell this story, but I am satisfied with how it ended both plot-wise and character-wise.
The conflicts in Sachaka come to a head, and the Guild is forced to adapt beyond their narrow-mindedness. Finally! Cool magic stuff and fighting actually happen, even though I do wish the action was more immediate instead of mostly being observed from a distance. The focus was more on the emotional state of the observers than on what was actually happening, and although I found myself caught up in those emotions, I still wished to be down on the ground.
Most importantly, I like the future that is in store for most of the characters. I feel like Sonea is in a good place - she is finally able to move on from the pain of the past and to build a new life. It's a life that I can accept, and that's about all I really needed out of this continuation of her story. I ultimately still miss the brilliance of the original Black Magician Trilogy, but this gave me a measure of closure that I needed, and I actually ended up enjoying it enough that I'm sad it's over again. 9780316037891 4'5/5 estrellas
Me ha gustado mucho. Tenía mogollón de ganas de leer el final de esta trilogía y me a encantado. Si le tengo que poner alguna pena es que no me ha gustado el final y el final de un personaje en concreto tampoco, pero el resultado de la trama principal si que me gustó y del resto de personajes también.
En conclusión me ha gustado mucho esta trilogía. Muy recomendable. 9780316037891 **SPOILER ALERT**
I did enjoy reading this book, though possibly not as much as it's predecessor, 'The Rogue'. It was typical Canavan - fast-paced, full of action and a nice splash of romance thrown in, plus a good dollop of tragedy that made me cry, as per usual. Once again, the Black Magician Trilogy will always be my true love out of all of Canavan's work, but I have enjoyed the Traitor Spy Trilogy and liked catching up with the characters. And seeing how like his father Lorkin is :)
But I can tell you exactly why I have knocked those two stars off. Here goes:
I knocked one star off for Dannyl and Tayend. They were perfect together (even if I resented it at the time because, yes, I'm still in love with Dannyl)and Dannyl's affair with Achati just didn't seem right to me. I did feel sorry for him when Achati died, but I didn't cry over his death - all I could think was 'Yay, now you can get back with Tayend!'. It just seemed wrong that they were ever separated in the first place, and for Dannyl to find a replacement just seemed...well, more wrong.
I knocked the second star off for the thing that made me feel physically ill and also want to scream - Sonea and Regin!!!! SONEA AND REGIN!!!! Now, I'm a fan of hate to love relationships as much as the next person - my favourite Shakespeare play is Much Ado About Nothing, and love to hate is pretty much the entire plot of said play - but seriously?Regin??? The way Sonea loved Akkarin was so powerful that I don't think she ever would be able to move on, not really, though having thankfully never experienced something like that myself I cannot be sure how it would work out. That's my first problem with this relationship. The second problem -REGIN!!!! I still can't bring myself to like him, although I did pity him a bit. He's so completely different to Akkarin - why would she be attracted to him?? It seems so unlikely! And she hated him for TWENTY YEARS. I mean, yeah, she hated Akkarin for a while, but that was because she misunderstood him. Regin was just an evil brat. I don't understand it. If she had moved on with Dorrien, I might have got it, or even with Cery *sob. Why couldn't he have seen Anyi and Savara just one more time before he died!!!*. But anyone else just seems unthinkable. And that's that.
Final verdict? Really good book, just made me extremely aggressive and angry with the world. But a must for any fan of BMT. Though it did have an annoying ending. In case you hadn't guessed from my fury rambling. 9780316037891 Buddy read with Deborah from Hills of Books.
I was so excited about finishing up this series, but also worried because I didn't realise how much I'd fall in love with the characters and the world.
I feel like each book, with the first trilogy and then this trilogy, has added a lot of depth to the landscaping and character arcs and I've felt fully immersed for the whole journey.
I love how much Sonea is respected in this book and how much she doesn't realise it. Its like she's stuck in this headspace of how she used to be perceived (as a novice of low standing, that broke the Guild laws), but she's grown so much since then and the people around her have changed their views. It's sad that she doesn't see her worth though. I feel like it's an internalised trauma after all she had endured.
Although I enjoyed this, I feel like we needed some action earlier on, as up until half way through there was not a lot of major conflict.
To completely oppose that, chapter 20 seemed to randomly jump from a normal gossipy chat about possible relationships (which I'm happy I saw brewing early on), to a sudden brewing battle of full on civil war!! I flipped back to see if I missed an obvious turning point, but came up short. The section just felt so jarring and sudden. It felt like a bit of bad editing in the way that the transition of different scenes were not smooth and seamless at all and just left me feeling like I missed a major connection to the jump.
There was one loss that hit me! I was really upset and shocked as its a character that, I feel, has had a significant role since very early on, but then I look back and I am a little disappointed that this was the only truly climactic twist to happen so far in to the story. Even the finale battle didn't have me as hooked as others in this series and the Age of Five trilogy. It just seems to have lost some of its focus.
I've got to say, this was a little underwhelming for a finale of a rather epic set of trilogies, but I think it just feels that way because it is then end and the books have had me hooked and ramping up a little to this point. I would have enjoyed it more, had it not been the last book, perhaps, as building up to the climax, particularly in regards to the conflict/battle scenes, it left me feeling disappointed as it felt lacking. Despite that being said, this was still very enjoyable and I will miss spending time with these characters and being in this wonderfully crafted world.
Pick it up, give it a go and enjoy! >(^_^)<
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Discover the magic of Trudi Canavan with her brand new novel in the Traitor Spy trilogy. . .
Events are building to a climax in Sachaka as Lorkin returns from his exile with the Traitor rebels. The Traitor Queen has given Lorkin the huge task of brokering an alliance between his people and the Traitors. Lorkin has also had to become a feared black magician in order to harness the power of an entirely new kind of gemstone magic. This knowledge could transform the Guild of Magicians -- or make Lorkin an outcast forever.
The Traitor Spy trilogy, which began with The Ambassador's Mission and The Rogue, is the new series set in the world of the international bestselling Black Magician trilogy. The Traitor Queen (Traitor Spy Trilogy, #3)
Spoilers
I wasn't impressed with this. It was slow paced, the majority of the characters were bland and I wasn't interested in the central plot. The conflict/war between Sachaka and the Traitors made for tedious reading. Sonea, Cery, Anyi, Tayend and Regin were the only decent characters. The others were all boring, especially Lorkin, Tyvara, Dannyl and Lillia.
The arc I most enjoyed was Sonea's, probably because she was the only character I really cared about. Her interactions with Regin were interesting to read about. I never would have expected them to have a romance, since 20 years earlier in the Black Magician trilogy, Regin bullied Sonea. Usually I would hate for a heroine to end up with a bully but their relationship actually worked, since 1. Regin was a teenager when he bullied Sonea 2. Sonea never let Regin get away with his treatment of her 3. Regin showed significant character growth. 4. Regin made up for his behaviour and was genuinely remorseful and 5. For 20 years Regin showed nothing but respect and admiration towards Sonea. I loved Sonea and Akkarin's romance in the first trilogy and even though Regin is no Akkarin, he was still a good love interest and the romance he shared with Sonea was very sweet. Unfortunately, Sonea and Regin's relationship was the only endearing and engrossing aspect of the book.
What let the book down the most was the positively boring main POV character, Lorkin. After three books, Lorkin still hadn't developed a personality. I thought he would gain some depth and complexity after he was imprisoned and tortured but sadly, it didn't add anything to his plank like personality.
Cery was a likeable character but he wasn't given the opportunity to shine, all he did was moan about how old he was and hide from Skellin. Also, after three books of build up between Skellin and him, Cery didn't even get a dramatic confrontation and showdown with him and instead died of a heart attack. It was disappointing.
Dannyl was just as boring as he was in the previous book, he did nothing apart from hem and haw about his love life, moan about his book and generally be useless. It's just sad that he went from one of my most favourite characters to one of my most hated.
Lillia was more tolerable this time around, she wasn't quite as stupid. Her loyalty to Cery and Anyi was the best thing about her, I also liked how she dealt with her bullying. After Regin and Sonea's arc, the bullying story line was probably the most interesting but that was most likely down to the fact that it reminded me of young Sonea and when she was bullied. I still thought Lillia was dull but there were parts of her arc that were somewhat engaging.
All in all, I wasn't pleased with this but I did enjoy reading about Sonea and her life after Akkarin. 9780316037891 The Traitor Queen (Traitor Spy Trilogy, #3), Trudi Canavan
The Traitor Queen is a fantasy novel that was released on August 2, 2012 by author Trudi Canavan.
It forms part of her Kyralia series and acts as a sequel to The Black Magician Trilogy and is the third and final novel of The Traitor Spy Trilogy.
The Traitor Queen returns to the themes of the Black Magician Series, and features Sonea and Lorkin (Sonea and Akkarin's son) as main characters.
Lorkin, Sonea's son, returns from his exile from Sachaka with Traitor Rebels following.
Lorkin is given the task of trying to broker an alliance between the two nations, however this does not go according to plan.
Lorkin is in turn captured by the Sachakan King. The Sachakan King tries to force Lorkin into betraying the Traitors.
Dannyl, ambassador to the Sachakin Kingdom, must decide whether to trust Ashaki Achati, a native Sachakan.
He is not to be trusted according to Tayend, but does this come from pure jealousy or good insight?
The Rogue magician is still loose on the streets of Imardin.
However only one thing lies in his way of gaining complete control of the underground world - Cery.
Cery is forced into hiding and is being protected by Lilia. The Guild needs to find the rogue magician before it is too late.
تاریخ نخستین خوانش روز بیستم ماه آگوست سال 2020میلادی
عنوان: ملکه خائن کتاب سوم از سه گانه جاسوس خائن؛ نویسنده: ترودی کاناوان؛ موضوع داستانهای نویسندگان استرالیا - سده 21م
خانم «ترودی کاناوان (زادهٔ روز بیست و سوم ماه اکتبر سال 1969میلادی در ملبورن استرالیا)»، نویسنده ی سبکهای خیالپردازی هستند؛ نامداری ایشان بیش از همه، برای نگارش سهگانهٔ «جادوگر سیاه» است، که به بیشتر زبانها ترجمه شده است، «جادوگر سیاه» ایشان، بیش از یک میلیون نسخه تا کنون در سراسر جهان، به فروش رسیده است
سه گانه: جاسوس خائن: کتاب نخست هدف سفیر کبیر؛ کتاب دوم ناقلا؛ کتاب سوم ملکه خائن هستند
داستان پس از پایان کتاب دوم از سر گرفته میشود؛ «لورکین»، پس از بازگشت از لانه ی مخفی خائنان، از ارائه اطلاعات آنها به پادشاه «ساچاکا» خودداری، برای همین وی را زندانی میکنند؛ «سونیا» میخواهد خودش برای آزادی پسر خویش به «ساچاکا» برود، «لرد رجین» او را همراهی مینماید؛ در همان زمان، «سیری»، که هنوز زیر پیگرد «اسکلین» قرار دارد، به همراه «گول» و «آنی» به تونلهای زیر مجموعه ی «گیلد» پناه میبرند، و از «لیلیا» میخواهند که به آنها تدارکات بدهد؛ پس از اینکه «لورکین» فرار کرده و به خیانتکاران میپیوندد، با «سونیا» گفتگو میکند، تا «گیلد» در نبرد آینده بین «آکاشیس» و «خائنان» مداخله نماید؛ اتحادیه از اعزام نیرو برای جنگ خودداری، اما با اعزام نیروهای شفا دهنده که پس از نبرد به آنجا میآیند، همراهی میکنند؛ «لورکین» میخواهد در کنار خائنها بجنگد؛ «اسکلین» «سیری» را پیدا، و در حالی که سعی میکند او را دستگیر نماید، موجب سکته ی قلبی او میشود، «سیری» میمیرد، و «آنی» ربوده میشود؛ «لیلیا» «اسکلین» را پیدا میکند و ...؛
تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 25/05/1400هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی 9780316037891 Hmm. This was extremley hard to rate. This is the final book in a series I have been reading on and off since school. I am very sentimental about these books and even now, over a decade after reading the first novel, I feel a strong sense of loyalty and fondness for these characters.
Unfortunately the four stars I gave to this novel are more of a representation of this loyalty than a reflection of the quality of the book.
The novel continued its predecessor's habit of focusing on the new batch of characters rather than our old favourites. Rothen for example doesn't appear in any meaningful capacity until the final quarter of the novel. My favourite character Dannyl is heavily featured but just like in the last book, he contributes very little value. We spend a lot of time focusing on Lorkin and Lila's relationships but I found it very hard to care about either character ( especially Lorkin who has no real personality).
The plot is meandering which is fine for me, as I enjoy spending time with these characters, but I imagine many other readers would be bored.
Over 6 books Trudi Canavan has crafted a very intriguing world, but I sadly feel she could do more with it. I would happily read another 6 books in this world with these characters, but I would urge Canavan to lower the scale. Separating her characters geographically for the entire trilogy negatively impacted the novels Give us more Rothen/ Sonea/ Dannyl interactions. Sonea didn't meet with Cery once in this whole book which felt like a betrayal to both characters. These characters are why the original novels are so popular and I would recommend she leans on them more in future.
This is probably the most ranty 4 star review I will ever write! 9780316037891 I loved the Black Magician Trilogy but as much as I try to, I can't bring myself to like Traitor Spy. I can't emphasise how annoyed I was with Lorkin. He seems very much like a male-version of Bella who falls for a girl at first sight and all of a sudden, it's I'will-do-anything-for-her. Okay, that's a little over-exaggerating because Lorkin is slightly more sensible but I was seriously annoyed with how stupid he was.
Also, I don't get how we were supposed to root for the Traitors and hate the Sachakans despite knowing full well that the Traitors aren't perfect and the Sachakans aren't all bad. I only lasted until this last book because I held hopes that Canavan would pull off some mind-blowing ending like in the Age of Five. Nothing like that happened. Instead, we get the dull good-guys-win-bad-guys-lose ending.
The rants can go on. I still love TBM, but Traitor Spy is seriously not my cup of tea. Nothing worked, be it the plot, the character building or the romance. 9780316037891 Good read this one but it this book can not compare to the High Lord as an end book of a trilogy. I almost feel a bit disappointed but that has to do with my maybe unrealistically high expectations. It keeps the same level as the previous 2 books but it feels a bit flat( like the other two). The feeling of questing and Learning from the black magician trilogy never occurs.
We get to see gemstones in action but in my opinion it felt kinda boring. We do not get to explore or learn more about them really. I did not find any plots that did not get addressed in some small manner but some of them felt really unfinished and this has made the entire book and even the trilogy feel like a middle book, some examples are small historical ah experiences by the characters that should lead forward or at least get to Dannyls attention but they just die down.
This book and trilogy suffers in my point of view from trying to achieve a generation change within the story were neither the new generation or the old get to really play out in a satisfying way. The main example for me is Sonea who in my opinion was not time to retire in the way she was done in this book. I was looking forward for some action from her part in the conflict or even some great discovery's but I got nada, and no other character really steps up. My personal opinion is that this trilogy had been better if the Skellin part had been left out entirely and that the story had focused only on Sachaka, the guilds involvement there with the different fractions and that there had been more bringing home knowledge, Sonea, Lorkin and Dannyl would have been my main characters for this. The lack of the Duna peoples in this book is feeling a bit odd and the reason given for them not beeing in the story feels not good enough.
I'm starting to have a problem with the lack of intelligent people and mainly in the guild. There is to much we cant trust anyone scenarios.
Over all the book and Trilogy is a good read and it gives some more insight to the world that Trudi Have created. Even tho the knowledge from Black Magician trilogy and Magicians Apprentice is mainly just managed with a few additions.
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