David W. Wright

This book was so freaking good! I thought that I would have trouble bouncing between different characters on each chapter but they are all so unique and memorable I had no issues at all. I cannot wait for the next part of the series! This is a great twist on the end of days theme with aliens? Maybe? Bad guys, good guys, spiritual guides that come in the form of a dog. People who can see auras...I loved it!

My full Yesterday's Gone: Season One audiobook review can be found at Audiobook Reviewer.

No! No! NO, NO, NO NO NO NO!

Ohhh this book! So much happened, so much to talk about! So many spoilers that can take place... !!

What's scary about this story is how it all happens, in the night, suddenly, and without anything or anyone to hang on to.

Creepy.

And the production of this was creepy as well. Below I tell you how I feel about Maricio and really I think his voice has a lot to do with this. This show more character is just so gruff and it comes through in the sound. I really do like him but I'm telling you it's probably not a good thing! And the rest of the characters are like this too. I felt like I was able to connect more with them because of the multiple narrators.

So there aren't any big explosions in this apocalyptic book, but like books that are apocalyptic in nature the survivors of this weird evening have to figure out what is going on and why they are left over. And it's not like the rapture (they don't think) because only about 1% of the world, or the world that they can see, is left. As we all know there are a lot less "good" people that would probably get taken away if the rapture ever happens so that is sort of striken off the list. But what IS happening?

Honestly, even after reading the book I still can't even begin to tell you what is going on! There's so much weird crap going on and so many people that I do not trust or feel like maybe I should not trust but I sort of want to. It is just so much.

And then there's this (also very weird) thing that starts happening. These things start showing up and eating people... what the hell? Like people disappearing wasn't enough to deal with now the characters have to deal with creatures that eat people, great...

The characters in this are fabulous. and I mean that with a capital F. Fabulous! I love Maricio and I'm pretty sure I shouldn't but I think he is my favorite character. He's the ultimate badass of badassery land and I just love his take no shit attitude. Even though I'm really not too sure if he should be trusted because he's pretty much a psychopath.

And then there are twists at the end of this ... they blew my mind. Twists in the plot, about the characters, what happens TO the characters... ARGH!

Audiobook provided for review by the publisher. show less

Z2134 by Sean Platt held my interest from the beginning. A dystopian story similar to Hunger Games with zombies included in the mix. When purchasing this book, I thought it was a stand-alone story as indicated on the Amazon book page (book 1 of 1). Needless to say, I was quite disappointed at the end of the book when the story ended with a big cliffhanger.

Otherwise, the story is well written, without errors, and flows well between the different POV of each character as they tell their show more portion of the story. I will probably not wait for the next book in the series as there are so many stand-alone good books on the market. If you enjoy reading a series, you'd most likely enjoy this book. show less

Yesterday's Gone: Season One by Sean Platt, David Wright is a (maybe) highly recommended start to a serialized post-apocalyptic series.

The premise to Yesterday's Gone grabbed my attention immediately: very few people are left alive after a world changing event occurred at 2:15 a.m., Eastern Standard Time, on October 15th. At that time everyone fell asleep and then 99.9% of the world's population simple vanished after a reported dark cloud ascended on everyone. There are other, odd things show more missing as well.

The book is written as if you are following episodes of an ongoing TV series where, as the questions abound and multiply, all the answers are yet to be revealed. The episodes introduce us to the cast of characters: a journalist, a serial killer, a mother and daughter, several teens, a special agent, and an eight-year-old boy, and then follow their actions as they try to figure out what has happened and where they should do. As they are seeking answers, terrifying creatures/monsters begin to appear and are becoming more and more common. The monster only purpose seems to be to kill the survivors.

But, you need to know going into this that it may be a long haul to get some answers since this is "season one" of six so-called seasons (books) and each season contains "episodes." I would agree that this first book did make me think of The Stand and Lost, but, at this point after season one, it's not nearly as good as either of those. It's also clear that some scenes and actions are loosely based on other shows and books, which may bother some readers.

Yesterday's Gone: Season One lends itself to a good news/bad news review summation:
The good news is that you can likely find a digital copy of this first season somewhere for free. The bad news is that there are currently 6 seasons. The good news is that it is fast-paced, entertaining, sometimes gruesome, and additively readable. The bad news is the writing quality and character development aren't always very good.

I am going on to read Season Two because I have a review copy of it and perhaps I'll know after that if I want to continue on reading the series or not. I do tire of novels written in parts. I much prefer novels that stand alone and have a beginning, middle and end. (There are some exceptions, such as Margaret Atwood's three novels in her MaddAddam trilogy, which work together but can stand alone.)

Disclosure: My Kindle edition was courtesy of Collective Inkwell for review purposes. show less