Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Yesterday's Gone by Sean Platt and David Wright

The authors have a definite bias toward writing serial fiction.  :)  Like Dickens and Wilkie Collins and Alexandre Dumas in the 19th century.  Like Lost and Downton Abbey and Buffey on television. Well, maybe not exactly, more like The Walking Dead. The idea is to release the story in installments, and today, the popular mode of dissemination is the internet.  

 I didn't read them in installments, though; I read by season when they were offered on NetGalley.

 Yesterday's Gone (Season One)

 Survivors of an apocalyptic event struggle with the loss of their families and the terrifying creatures that roam a landscape now curiously devoid of life.  Multiple characters in various locations must re-evaluate their world when at 2:15 AM on Oct. 15, almost everyone vanished.  

There are the good, the bad, and the hideous.

 Entertaining, sometimes offensive, and weird.  

 NetGalley/Sterling Stone

 Post-Apocalyptic.  2011.  Print length:  500 pages.


Yesterday's Gone (Season Two)

 While I found the first season entertaining, I found season two much less so.  The connection to season one was confusing, Boricio's role is simply abhorrent even with a twist at the end, too much violence, too little character development, and the plot becomes more complicated, not more complex (a considerable difference).

 There are six seasons published so far, and I may read another season if offered on NetGalley, but I'm no longer really curious about what happens.

 NetGalley/Sterling Stone

 Post-Apocalyptic.  2013.  Print length:  514 pages.
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6 comments:

  1. MelodyJuly 15, 2015 1:12 AM

    Sounds interesting. I'm always intrigue by the apocalyptic or dystopia setting but I can also be picky when it comes to the premise and the subjects presented. I'll have to think about this series.

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  2. jenclairJuly 15, 2015 7:01 AM

    I enjoyed the first one--not great literature, by any means, but a fun marathon of episodes. When I looked at reviews on Goodreads, most seemed to like the second season better. The second season didn't really appeal to me, though.

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  3. IlianaJuly 15, 2015 8:27 PM

    Good, bad and hideous? Well, I have to say I'm intrigued. I guess with that setting things are bound to get violent right? I do like a good post-apocalyptic tale but I have to be in the mood for those.

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    1. jenclairJuly 16, 2015 7:40 AM

      It wasn't the general violence that bothered me because you would expect the circumstances to devolve into those kinds of situations. It was the specific, depraved violence of one disturbed character--could have done without those descriptions. Eeew.

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  4. Literary FelineJuly 19, 2015 8:59 PM

    I have mixed feelings about serials in book form. I think it's because I hate waiting. LOL It's too bad the first season wasn't better than the first, although the premise of both is really interesting.

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    1. jenclairJuly 20, 2015 7:22 AM

      I wouldn't have read it in serial releases, but NetGalley had the first two "seasons" compiled. Like you, I'm not much on waiting for the resolution to a cliff hanger, either. Although, I do read a lot of trilogies...

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