Review: That was a wasted 6 hours of my life !!
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 01 29, 2014
I do not doubt that the writing of a dystopic novel is a difficult venture. First, you must have the world collapse in a manner that, while not fully believable, is somewhat feasible. Obviously during this phase you have to deal with the rotting corpses of most of humanity, what has happened to the overall topography and whether or not there is any hope for recovery. Secondly, you have to develop a reasonable plot line whereby a band of heroes successfully fight off the forces that have caused the world collapse while attempting to salvage what is left of humanity. Lastly, you need to tie the entire tale together in a rational manner explaining what occurred and how, in spite of the odds, civilization has or has not the hope to go on.Our co-authors did none of this. Instead we have corpses, automobiles, street signs, etc... magically disappearing. Then we have a dispersed group of characters who, through magical 'dreams', eventually come together with little or no planning on how to deal with the global tragedy. The characters are very shallow and have very little, if any, believability about themselves. The 'monsters'? They are the strangest and most diffuse group of nightmares you will ever encounter! Being a dystopic novel fan I can honestly state that this is the worst story I have ever encountered!In conclusion, while I support and encourage the publishing of e-novels because of it provides an avenue for unknown authors have their works published, it also allows unskilled and sophomoric pieces like 'Yesterday's Gone' to be thrust on the public. As a reader the only manner you have in deciding on a purchase is through the summation reviews of other previous readers. Unfortunately this does not prevent the author's friends and relatives from writing promising reviews in order to lure people to buy the novel in question. That sets a trap that the serious reader too easily falls into. I got caught in this trap! Please avoid my mistake and move onto something that is more feasible and not so poorly done...........