Review: Season 4... a great addition... 4 1/2 Stars
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 16, 2013
Yesterday's Gone: Season Four is the omnibus edition containing Episodes 19-24 of the sci-fi horror series by co-authors Sean Platt and David W. Wright. (with Jason Whited, editor). This Kindle e-book was a 549 Kb download (approx. 358 printed pages) and sold for $5.99 at the time of writing this review.Please Note: the author provided me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.Spoilers (general theme)Our heroes have returned from 'other Earth' to our Earth only to be begin to slowly realize that the Darkness that they thought they'd escaped, has followed them home. Season 4 not only deals with some of the social reintegration problems the returnees have had after being 'away' for so long but also the reemergence and gradual strengthening of the Darkness.End SpoilersSome thoughts on the omnibus edition of Season 4...1.) as with almost all works of Platt and Wright, you get a great story that is delivered with an impeccable sense of pace and timing, and this work is no exception to that particular rule.2.) there were some great encounters with some creepy horrors sprinkled throughout the entire 6 installments.3.) each episode saw further character development of the main players continued.4.) editing... kudos to editor Jason Whited for making the entire Season 4 error free (I could not find any spelling, grammar or syntax problems anywhere). The overall effect was an entire series that was easy to read and understand... usually a sign of superb writing skills accompanied by professional editing.5. <spoiler> my only complaint with this entire six segments was from from Episode 23, Chapter 7 where Luca came across an 'igloo made of poop'... really guys!!?? I gotta ask, whose idea was this... I'm curious.Impressions of Season 4...Honestly, I had many concerns for the extension of Yesterday's Gone beyond the end of Season 3 and had discussed this at some length with Dave. I felt increasingly confused by the two worlds, duplicate persons and the constant flipping of the time continuum. To me Yesterday's Gone had reached a logical conclusion at the end of Episode 18. I also sensed (rightly or wrongly) the same sentiment from some of the other readers of the series as evidenced by their comments and reviews. Collectively, we seemed to be bewildered by the complexity of events towards the end of Season 3.However, as it turned out, I was wrong! Season 4 turned out to be a superb addition to this story. This was made so by the fact that there was a consistency with regards to time, place and persons. To me, this made for easier reading experience as I didn't have to almost study sections or reread previous segments to try to deduce what was happening.I think Sean and Dave got it right with Season 4.As it is... 4  1/2  Stars (1/2 Star off for the igloo made of poop)Ray Nicholsonraynicholsonsreviews@hotmail.com@ralannicholson