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  • The Jester of Apocalypse: Immortality

  • The Jester of Apocalypse, Book 2
  • Written by: Robert Blaise
  • Narrated by: J.S. Arquin
  • Length: 17 hrs and 41 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (5 ratings)

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The Jester of Apocalypse: Immortality

Written by: Robert Blaise
Narrated by: J.S. Arquin
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The Great God spots trouble on the horizon.

Demons scheme in the shadows. A myth golem wreaks havoc across the continent. Trouble is brewing in the Yixine empire.

All of these cataclysms are eclipsed by an apocalypse greater than them all—Neave's arrival at the capital.

Torn between rehabilitating the profoundly sick cultivator society and wiping the slate clean, Neave gathers power on his journey to find the right solution. He grows suspicious of even his own thoughts, however, and it soon becomes clear that it won't be easy.

But all of that is secondary to solving the immediate problem on his hands—not dying from all the abuse his body has gone through.

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All hooks and few minor payoffs

its not a complete book, the payoffs were pushed off to the next book. Their is no climax at the end of this book.

Personal experience: the language used (Neeve being the most agressive example) is amusing but it comes at the cost of ruining my suspension of disbelief. He speaks way to modern. You could make neeve just as silly and careless but with the use of more ancient-style language equivalents.


The ideas are good (interesting) but I feel like they could be explored a little more deeply. The pacing felt wonky as well. The book felt a little empty to me, and after some thought, I think its because a lot of what happened within this book shouldn't have been the 'point' in itself--- stretching out over a majority of the book. Rather, I think it would have been better for each event, such as Neeve's "visit" to his "neighbours", the library dan., and so forth, if they were more tightly wrapped, and then added to a cohesive series of additional events that built on top of eachother towards a climactic reveal or scene of some sort. This would also provide an opportunity for the progressive development and exploration of other characters' personalities (i.e., his "neighbours' " head disciple, the bigshot girl in the lib., the girl and her fian. in the lib., etc., ). . . The best part about book 1 was the complete absence of filler (normally a major issue with new authors). Although book 1 was rough around the edges, you were (and still are) head-and-shoulders above most other new authors in this regard (for whatever my opinion is worth). But, giving characters a chance to develop and show who they are through their actions is never a waste, and you will find that doing so has a funny way of serving all the characters, and plot (*see below. Presumptiously, I made a rough example). As it is now, to me, the characters feel like plot devices; new people were brought in to do or give Neeve one thing before we never see them again. Additionally, Harol's change in demeanor towards Neeve halfway through the book made little sense to me, she's never proven herself to be brave toward anything else, so I dont know why she would suddenly become fearless and stubborn.

*Heres an example of giving a character the opportunity to show through their actions who they are: lets take that bigshot girl with the bigshot mum. Rather than imediately dispersing the tension, consider if after she lost, her mother was informed, and then her mother--suspicious or curious about an unkown young master beating her daughter--responds by telling her daughter to invite Neeve to the "Noble's" ball they are hosting (promise of a new progressive scene). Neeve, might want or need to go (perhaps to proove himself to the other young masters and to keep up his mysterious backing facade) but he would also be highly suspicious about whether its a trap set up by the mother-daughter cultivator pair. He doesn't think highly of cultivators after all. . . perhaps it is a indeed a political trap on the mothers part, but the daughter could end up being the one to defend him from a sticky social situation---and there you go, you've demonstrated the personality of the daughter, gave Neeve an example that not all cultivators are corrupt and selfish, made it feel like he had to work more for the ring, and gave Neeve and opportunity to learn information and entrench himself in the politics of both adults and the young masters (who are presumably also present at the "ball").

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