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This started good. His writing style flowed really well and had me really engrossed. But then it went very weird

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The change: London Orbital and the two books in this trilogy are an alright set of books, which I enjoyed to read, even though these books are aimed at the YA market.

I received this book from NetGalley and the publisher, in return for an honest review. This review is based entirely on my own thoughts and feelings.

Overall rating : 2*
Writing skill : 4*
Plot: 2*
Characters: 2*
Weird unnecessariness: 0*

This started good, his writing style flowed really well and it had me engrossed. But it went very weird, and a bit stupid. I like the whole sci-fi things coming from outer space (think war of the worlds) or a disease taking over earth (think walking dead). But this went a bit OTT, and I couldn't picture what was happening in any coherent way. I also didn't particularly feel for any of the characters, especially as it started the same as quite a few end of the world style books and films do, the main character cant remember anything, super boring now, think of something else please. Will be reading the 2nd one and the 3rd with bated breath.

A great start to what seems to be a trilogy! i love the characters, pacing and plot! Definitely recommend if you're looking for a fun, fast-paced adventure!

I requested all three of these books at once because I found the concept intriguing. However, unfortunately the books did not gel with me. I have seen positive reviews of this series so it appears that this may gel with other readers.

I really enjoyed London Orbital, which is post apocalyptic with an interesting twist. Our character wakes up with amnesia, and only a note to guide him. He quickly finds out that he's in a brutal end-of-the-world scenario where monsters come out at night and many people have become insane - very mysterious! It's dark and brutal - more so than I expected for young adult - and very fast paced. Together with a small gang of people he must survive and defeat a new enemy, before heading off to try and solve more of the mystery.

It is a very short book, feeling more like an intro into the characters and the scenario. I would definitely call it a novella rather than a novel, but I enjoyed it enough to immediately read the next book in the series after.

In a post-apocalyptic world ("where were you when it happened") a young man wakes up on the M25 with zero memories. Only the notebook in his pocket tells him he might be called Howard. He teams up with a boy named Hubcap, who is living with a biker gang in the Kingdom of Welcome Break. But there's something else out there. Something clanking and metal.

It was fun and fast - very few details but plenty of 'banter' between Howard and Hubcap. Apparently there's still time for that when the world ends. It's also so fast that everyone connects really quickly and you're not quite sure what's going on.

It's also pretty gruesome in places - I guess that goes with the territory - but in a dark humour kind of way. It's kind of funny?

I'm not a huge fan of sci fi but did enjoy the book, short enough to hold my attention till the end. I do feel it would suit younger readers and fans of the genre.

Book Review
Title: London: Orbital (The Change #1)
Author: Guy Adams
Genre: YA/Action/Survival
Rating: *****
Review: So, I didn’t know anything about this series before requesting the first 3 books, however, the synopsis is post-apocalyptic that doesn’t mention a virus or aliens, so it was intriguing, and it also gave me some serious Mad Max vibes, so I was interested to see what kind of world Adams had created.
We are introduced to a man who wakes up in a post-apocalyptic world with no memory of who he is but a notebook in his pocket gives him some information. He learns his name is Howard and he meets a man named Teodor who tells him to stay away from the road at night because things come out at night. The notebook provides more information, telling us that when the “Gods” arrived it killed most people and the remaining few went mad. However, there are people surviving in this world including motorcycle gangs. Hiding in a van at night Howard learns the true danger of this changed world when he finds Teodor’s severed head on top of the van.
I was instantly drawn into this world which is dark and mysterious even more so because Howard has memory loss. This book was giving me a mix of Mad Max and 28 days later vibes which are some of my favorite movies and this book isn’t shy about the details. After the death of Teodor, Howard is left shaken until he comes across a young boy called himself Hubcap. Hubcap tells Howard where he was when the Change happened and that it only happened a mere nine months before. For the world to have changed for drastically in such a short amount of time is astonishing but in similar movies like 28 days later, only one month has passed and the world is in a similar state.
Hubcap decides to take Howard back to Potter’s pub which Tiger’s gang are using as a base camp of sorts and Howard is relieved to have somewhere, he considers safe to stay. Hubcap introduces him to some of the gang and he immediately becomes one of the group despite having no memory, but things take a dark turn when a routine trick at dinner becomes something else and it leaves two members of the gang dead and Howard unconscious. While we haven’t seen any of these creatures up close, we know they are deadly but what they are is the question and how are they related to the Change itself.
More people end up dead before we see more of the monster and it seems to be using a mix of body parts and machinal parts as puppets in order to lure more food into its grasp. However, after Howards sparky moment he seems to have developed the ability to see into the future or it was dormant until now. He knows he has to go into London and that Hubcap is supposed to go with him to see someone called Adrian. He also sees the monster and saves Tiger and the others before it attacks and now, the surviving members of the gang must survive the night sharing the compound with this creature who seems intent on killing and eating every single one of them.
In the last section of the novel, we see Howard’s new-found gift come in handy for the gang saving them from the creature by reminding it was it was before. I found this twist to be well done and although it is hinted at it wasn’t predictable. Considering this novel ended with Howard and Hubcap heading to London I can’t wait to jump into the second installment as soon as I can.

Sometimes I like to try something new; sometimes it works out and sometimes it doesn't, but either way I will have explored a new genre, a new author or a new style of writing. In this case it was a teen 'horror' - I would call it a horror anyway - but I'm not sure my 14 year old son would!
Howard wakes up on the motorway, with no recollection of what has happened either to him, or the world around him - but he knows it has changed. Strange destructive creatures are now loose on the streets, destroying, killing and taking over. Howard, alone and afraid, must find a way to survive before he becomes the next victim...
The book was okay, but I was glad it was short. Not my thing and will probably get a lot higher rating from the right age group.

I apologize for the delay - I thought that I had submitted feedback regarding this book, but it appears that I did not. I read it a long time ago and I am sorry that I do not recall the specifics of the book. Thank you for the opportunity to read this book and I apologize for any confusion.

I really enjoyed this. it's written in an engaging style and tells a great story. I really wanted to know more about the main character Howard after reading this.

An interesting post-apocalyptic thriller. Short, but interesting. Not a huge amount of explanation for the cause of the "change" in the world, but lots of action for such a short novella.

Not really for me in the end. I was confused which is a shame as I generally do like these types of books. I may try again in the future.

Not what I expected or hoped for from the synopsis and I struggled to follow the series.

I just could NOT get into this, it didn't grab me at all and I kept losing my place in the story.

This was a real disappointment. As the title suggests, Iain Sinclair makes a trip around the M25, trying to define London by exploring it's outskirts. But his interests are morose, and his tone one dimensional. There are some interesting bits of history, mostly concerning the number of asylums and the smallpox hospitals, but generally, the trip is a real bore. I was really looking forward to this one, but it was dull as dishwater

This was a quick read and was OK, but felt it was all a bit too 'shallow' for my liking. I found it hard to believe that Howard could wake up stranded and surrounded by corpses and not show any kind of fear / believable confusion / panic. This was due to the narration style - it wasn't deep enough for me, lacked inner dialogue and just seemed to explain events that were happening, as opposed to explaining the events and then having Howard react to them. It made it hard to properly engage with the character, which was a bit disappointing.