Monday, November 1, 2021

Review: River of Fate: The Jade Scripture

Title: River of Fate: The Jade Scripture (Book 1)


Author: David North

Rating: 2.8/5

Comments:  This story is painfully slow.  I would estimate at least half the book is solitary mental monologue aka navel gazing.  Then you throw in a bunch of info dumps (I skipped 5 pages of description of the difference between charged and uncharged artifacts.  No exaggeration, I counted.).  Honestly if he would cut out all of that, it's not a bad story but it moves so freaking slow that even the occasional POV jumps did not appreciably slow it more than it already was.

Really can't recommend this one unless you like "traditional" cultivation stories where most of the action is in the protagonists head and the only real challenge he faces is getting his brain in order.

Bedroom Activities: None

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