As I said, I first saw the TV series then found these three books for free on audible and I was delighted. These are short stories, each depicting the return of one person and the impact it has. The narrator is very cool and calm in his story telling method which adds to the over all chilling effect of the stories.That said, I found these stories to be very dark and for now, although I think this is a brilliant way to promote the full length novel, I will wait a bit before I buy the novel. The TV series, although dark enough does not really convey the start reality of what it is like to have a loved one return from the dead, in that aspect these books should get a 5* rating for in these stories that reality is all too clear. Unfortunately the narrator is so good at his job that these stories, although I did not listen to them one after the other left me drained.If dark and gloomy is your thing, then you will adore this. If not, why not give these a try in anyway they are free after all.WaAR I decided to go back and retread this after finishing the full novel. Something just doesn't ring true. There are discrepancies between this short story and the very short chapter about Tatiana presented in The Returned. At first, I wondered if maybe they were different characters who shared a name. But that doesn't seem to be the case, as both were found in Michigan. [SPOILERS TO FOLLOW] In the short story, it is her father who is the primary creator of the bedtime stories, but in the novel, we are told it is the mother. In the short story, she is reunited with her father and, though it is never explicitly stated, it is presumed she never goes to a Bureau facility, as the man who interviewed Heather left when told that detention was unwanted. It is the development that leads to her husband's departure. In the novel, however, it seems that she comes to Arcadia directly from a facility in Michigan, where Cara took care of her. No mention is made of her father, or why she would have been taken from him. [END SPOILERS]I am assuming that the prequels were written after the novel and published before the novel's release to drum up interest. Why change the story? Will this character be featured in the television show, so they needed more meat for the story? If so, then why keep the chapter in the novel as it currently is? Or are the discrepancies not really discrepancies but a misreading on my part? I'm willing to live with that ...
What do You think about La Storia (2013)?
I enjoyed this more than The First, it had more emotion.
—Renee
This one's really good. Way much better than The Start.
—armo4life
