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A review by soovailyn
Yesterday's Gone: Season One by Sean Platt, David W. Wright
3.0
Yesterday's Gone perked my interest because it's a serial story made to be told out loud. It didn't hurt that it's free to get the first episode and try it out. I recognized most of the narrators and that cinched the deal for me. Well, it worked. I ended up listening to this episode a few times because I had to go back to re-hear the story in parts. There's a lot going on and important details are inserted in common points. I finished the first episode and I am definitely buying the first season to see where the story goes.
It was just another day but it isn't. Most of the world's population is gone, there's an odd vibe in the air and unsettling changes to the neighborhood that creeps unease down your spine but gives no answers. Various characters try to establish a new routine in this eerie ghost-land. It all looks the same. It's just missing life. The rush of thousands of people going about their lives. Even the animals don't seem to be the same.
3.5 Stars for Storyline
The overall story in the first episode gets 3 stars from me. It's like a mix of short stories that will come together later on. Some parts are really well done and others are lacking. Oddly enough, the killer, Boricio Wolfe, is the most interesting character of all. The most colorful. Next, would be Desmond. I only got a very small look at him before the first episode ended. I want more descriptions for the setting. I'm hoping that will come to pass down the line.
3.5-4 Stars for Narration
I had a similar response to the narration. I'm always up for trying a story that has multiple readers. I prefer recordings where all of the readers have certain characters and read for that part over the more common narration of each person voicing multiple parts per chapter/section. This serial is the more common type but it does it fairly well. The most annoying and ill-fit voice acting was done for the young boy, Luca.
I wonder if every episode will be a cliff hanger? One that tempts you just enough to pull you into the next one? It worked on me. I'm in.
It was just another day but it isn't. Most of the world's population is gone, there's an odd vibe in the air and unsettling changes to the neighborhood that creeps unease down your spine but gives no answers. Various characters try to establish a new routine in this eerie ghost-land. It all looks the same. It's just missing life. The rush of thousands of people going about their lives. Even the animals don't seem to be the same.
3.5 Stars for Storyline
The overall story in the first episode gets 3 stars from me. It's like a mix of short stories that will come together later on. Some parts are really well done and others are lacking. Oddly enough, the killer, Boricio Wolfe, is the most interesting character of all. The most colorful. Next, would be Desmond. I only got a very small look at him before the first episode ended. I want more descriptions for the setting. I'm hoping that will come to pass down the line.
3.5-4 Stars for Narration
I had a similar response to the narration. I'm always up for trying a story that has multiple readers. I prefer recordings where all of the readers have certain characters and read for that part over the more common narration of each person voicing multiple parts per chapter/section. This serial is the more common type but it does it fairly well. The most annoying and ill-fit voice acting was done for the young boy, Luca.
I wonder if every episode will be a cliff hanger? One that tempts you just enough to pull you into the next one? It worked on me. I'm in.