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La Société de la Rose

Marie Lu

3.93 AVERAGE


Well, this was truly great. The characters’ development, the realisation that with Violetta the gods are making sure the Elites all have a choice in the kind of life they want to lead.
It is kind of like when Achilles had to choose between a long peaceful common life and a short one with everlasting fame.
Violetta is the bringer of the doubt that they all need.

Mi Adelinetta, you won. The world is yours but that hollowness won’t go away.
Everyone has wronged you and no one was able to love you as you loved them.

But you see, the truth is that we all just try to do our best.
Life never works out the way we imagine it.

Although it seemed from the first book that the story was going to be more characters’ driven, this second book affirms that it is mostly plot driven and the characters that are not fundamental for the plot are definitely left behind.

It is clear that this is now mostly Adelina’s story and that the more choral voices of the first book and sometimes of the second, are just used as a way to drive the plot, not the characters. It is clear now that the rest of the characters only serve a purpose around Adelina - which is totally fine.
Adelina is a very interesting anti-hero: although the author keeps calling her a villain in her acknowledgements, she is not that. She is more than a villain. She is grey.

I have enjoyed the writing style in books 1 and 2 of this series. The Rose Society took it a little darker. I liked the dark mood of this book and feel like it fit really well with the main character and the obstacles she has met. I'm unsure where book 3 will go after this, but I'm here for it!

Amazing book! The tension builds as Adelina goes leaves behind Kennetra with her beloved sister, Violetta. Beautiful story!

I knew from the first book that this was a villain's story. I wondered whether Marie Lu would take the main character down this dark a path. I'm actually impressed she did. I don't feel like she shied away anything in Adelina's descent into her own hell of fury, ambition, and betrayal. And at the same time, there's still enough of Adelina's good side that I haven't broken away from the character yet. I still want her to redeem herself, at the same time, I'm duly impressed with what she's managed. I look forward to her transition into full "Darth Vader" in the final book.
adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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DID NOT FINISH: 12%

Maybe it’s the timing but the story was not captivating me. 

4.5 Again, Lu gives us something we might have seen already and twists it into her own story. And that’s by far the best attribute of this trilogy so far. It wasn’t as dark as I thought it was going to be, but it had some psychological subplots going on that I really enjoyed. The only issue I have is the love story; I don’t think it’s bad, but it definitely is unnecessary. A very fluent plot with an intense finale. And holly shit, that last chapter was awesome.

"Someday, when I am nothing but dust and wind, what tale will they tell about me?"

The Rose Society te recuerda los sucesos del primer libro muy bien y si no recuerdas ciertas cosas, como yo, no te vas a perder. Tiene las mismas pautas que el primer libro, o sea, tienen el mismo ritmo y el mismo formato más que nada. Por eso creo que si te gusto The Young Elites, vas a disfrutar este, pero si no fue así, su secuela no te hará cambiar de opinión.

Hubieron pocas cosas que no me convencieron, la principal es la “historia de amor” entre comillas porque no es algo que robe mucho protagónico. No esta mal manejado, pero es tan innecesario y fuera de personaje que si le quito media estrella solo por eso.

Los personajes son un arma de dos filos. Mientras que todos están bien parados, solo tres brillan en serio, Adelina, Teren y Raffaele. Y sus desarrollos en la secuela son magníficos. Los demás se sienten muy secundarios, mi tristeza es por Maeve, creo que es un personaje al cual se le puede sacar mucha historia y no esta ni la mitad de bien desarrollada de lo que creí. El libro es muy corto y rápido, así que hay que escoger y Lu escogió a sus personajes principales desde el primer libro. Eso es todo.

Si creían que Adelina era un antihéroe egoísta antes, en este libro les dice quitense que ahí les voy, llega a tener pensamientos muy drásticos y su poder se siente mucho mas imponente. Teren alcanza cierto nivel de locura religiosa muy interesante y definitivamente es lo mejor de Lu en esta historia, ojala lo tuviéramos mas a menudo. Raffaele es lo mejor, adoro su forma de pensar y actuar. Y era lo que me hacia falta; un personaje favorito.

La política aunque no es nada que no hayamos visto antes, toma desvíos ocasionales que mueven la trama con mucha destreza sobretodo al final del libro y con esa ambientación bastante mágica y oscura sea crea un libro bastante adictivo, ingenioso, interesante y diferente del promedio de fantasía juvenil. Altamente recomendado. Pareciera como el clásico fantasía con traición, pero tiene tantos detalles únicos que termina transformándose en su propio tipo de libro. Mientras que en The Young Elites la magia era nueva y malentendida, en The Rose Society es completamente temida y eso es un gran acierto.
"What is so great about being good?"

Le hubiera dado solo 4 de no ser por ese ultimo capitulo. DIOS!
SpoilerMe gusto eso de que están condenados a ser jóvenes por siempre, porque su poder los va a consumir. ADORE ESO! Se viene una trama muy buena para el ultimo libro.
. Hay muchas cartas sobre la mesa, muchos círculos que cerrar, pero Marie Lu ya hizo un excelente trabajo en Champion así que tengo mi confianza puesta en ella.

PD: Un completo éxito que sigue siendo mi temporada YA 2015! HURRA!
PD2:
SpoilerNo quiero que Adelina se haga buena por el poder del amor, eso seria tan patético! No quiero. Pero creo que es una posibilidad. Muy probablemente Enzo y Raffaele mueran, no se porque lo pienso así.

I always like these books until the end. I'm not a fan of her endings but they do make me want to read the next one to see what else happens.

Everything about this book stressed me out!!! Adelina's lack of control, the whole Enzo thing, the people who were killed, the battles, the stupid decisions. Gah! The only thing I really liked was the new character... Whose name I can't even remember! Obviously this book is a winner!! I really liked the first book in the series though so I'm hoping the next one is better!

Almost DNFed this one. I just did not care about Adelina. I was much more interested in Raffaele and Teren.
I'm not going to finish this series.