Yesterday Pill

‘Yesterday Pill’ follows a storyline involving Anya, Cassandra and Wade who are locked in a continuous chase towards survival. Integrating time travel, mystery and action, the novel does initially create an enjoyable curiosity which unfortunately regresses into reader fatigue and anti-climax in the later half. This is due to a repetitive and unbalanced sequence of events, dialogue, conflicts and conclusions.

Initially, the action and purpose were quickly introduced with a somewhat acceptable introduction of characters and setting – however, it became hard to follow when new elements were not cohesively intertwined with previous ones. This issue was somewhat excused, however, by the surprising nature and development of the initial plot, setting and characters.  The earlier integrations of time travel was also unexpected and well utilized along with some of the other modernized elements of science fiction. These include different forms of technology (such as AI), weaponry, and the Paladin being an organization that creates fear, pain and conflict in the main characters’ worlds.

Another interesting integration which could be expanded or better presented through editing was the utilization of real world locations as settings and progression sign posts for the storyline. Another thing to note is that while the general pace was acceptable, the paragraph and dialogue formatting could be improved to provide a more holistically cohesive presentation of the story.

All in all, while there is some unique individuality in the presentation of ‘Yesterday Pill’, one that could possibly be expanded into other formats such as an action film, it is not optimally presented and could do with a more thorough edit.