I thought I would enjoy this the least, given that the first two were just weird, and I didn't think there could be more skin to scrape off this world. Oh but I was wrong. The final instalment was weird like its predecessors, but still it kept me intrigued. Some truly quirky moments and in-your-face events. Fab.

I have to admit that I didn't enjoy this book as much as I did the second in the series although I did still finish it and find it entertaining enough. I though that the story was a bit more disjointed than the last 2 in the series and that the author made it so that you had to have read the previous books in the series in order to understand what had happened and not think that the main character was just on a strange acid trip. All that being said, there was still a lot of action and I did like that I didn't expect the ending at all in this one. The last 20 percent of the book was definitely the best part. All in all, I don't think I'll be continuing the series nor rereading it but it was entertaining while it lasted.

After reading books 1 and 2 I had low expectations for this. However this is my favourite of the 3.
I do wish that it was longer but only because I enjoyed it more.

What an ending to the trilogy! If you haven't read this trilogy then I definitely recommend it!

One of my favourite things about this entire series is how the question 'Where were you when it happened?' stayed as a constant throughout the 3 books. This was particularly great because even though the books take place in countries around the world, it is something that ties them together, and it's written so well.

The story of this book is probably my favourite out of the trilogy. From the start I loved the way it was told, from Loic's perspective, and I loved how it was so informal and conversational. It put me right in the story, as if Loic had just got back from this journey and was telling me about it, and I loved it.

The style of writing within this book is so very Stephen King-esque that I just loved it! Stephen King has a way of writing hints within the story, that show something is going to happen before it happens, and Guy Adams does the same thing so well. I loved this aspect as it kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time, and created such a perfect amount of suspense that I was hooked.

I love how the story was less about the monstrosities that were created from The Change, but in fact focused on how humans adapted to it, and what happened to them. It really completed all aspects of the story from the three books perfectly.

This book was a wonderful ending to a trilogy that kept me immersed, and hooked from the first page of the first book. The writing style of the book was genius and had a brilliant way of making horrible events seem happy, just to hook you even more.

From start to finish it leaves you gripped, and ends this excitingly horrifying trilogy in the best way. I can't recommend it enough.

Paris: City of Fools is another cracking novella in The Change series. This is my favourite so far.

I loved the Paris setting. Paris is my favourite city in the world so I pretty much go gaga for any fiction set there.

I continue to be impressed by the original concept of The Change and how it has transformed the world into a place that is beautiful, strange and deadly at the same time. In each novella The Change has had a different effect on the setting.

Paris: A City of Fools is the darkest novella in the serious so far.

I loved the bizarre creatures known as The Impressionists, made from paint. Their concept is very original. I loved their idea of creating a museum of things from before the change, though the more sinister exhibits chilled me.

There’s so much to enjoy about Paris: A City of Fools; the bizarre, human-sized puppets, Christine Daaé, the singer with bizarre powers and the sinister freaks of the Grand Guignol.

I had a great time reading this and look forward to reading the rest of the series.

The Change: Paris is an interesting take on the post -apocalyptic world genre and completely different than anything I have read before.

From the first page the change absorbs the reader and doesn't let go to the last page, it is easily devoured in 1 sitting. The world is so imaginative and each volume of the change is focused on a different country and how the change affects each country is completely different. The best thing about this series is that the reader can't predict what is going to happen next as there are so many twists.

Paris I feel is not as strong a book as the other 2 volumes but still is interesting and fun to read in it's own right. The impressionists were a really interesting element in the book and everything about them was interesting. This can be read independently from the rest of the books but I highly recommending all the volumes.

I highly recommend this series for anyone looking for a fresh take on a post-apocalyptic world, with humor and plenty of blood.

*ARC received from publisher via netgalley in exchange for an honest review*

This graphic novel series, far better when taken as separate parts to a greater whole, are beautifully written with very appealing art. These are the perfect graphic novels for someone is skeptical about attempting the medium for the first time.

This multiple character viewpoint novella is as random and unique as the rest of the series so far. The ending is not as abrupt with this novella as with the first two in the series, in fact it felt as if it could be a standalone novel. I am eager to read the rest of the series, find out if the storylines ever do join up, and find out what happened to all of the characters I have read about so far.

This wasn't really my cup of tea. I found it very hard to follow despite it being a short read.

Count your damned blessings people. The third installment of The Change includes the boilerplate legal note in the book details. 'This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.'

Hopefully Paris is not filled with giant murderous marionettes, living entities made of paint, or other horrors. If it it is infested, let us hope the resemblance is minimally accurate. Anything you can dream up post change can manifest, how and why is any one's guess.

Book three of The Change is a fine standalone book as well as world continuation. In this version of Earth, anyone looking to the sky on the date of change fell over instantly as lifeless meat sacks. Those who witnessed via recorded media are lunatics. Everyone else is just surviving day by day.

One might think themselves crazy if they dwell on the topic.

In Paris, the safest place is in the Catacombs. What once was a dangerous trap for the unsuspecting, now serves as a maze of dark safety for bands of humans. Growing mushrooms for sustenance and eating food scavenged from city raids, they are getting along reasonably.

Loic is a sixteen year old citizen of the underground. He is a member of one of the scavenger teams. He looks after post-apocalypse adoptive brother Adrien. He gets by.

Unfortunately, The Impressionists do not require light to move through the tunnels. They are not afraid of the dark, not disturbed by the moaning movements of the centuries old dead sitting by the walls. When The Impressionists raid the colony of survivors, they wrap their paint around their victims and drag them away, who knows where.

After Loic returns from a scavenging trip he finds that The Impressionists have taken Adrien and another child. Loic heads back to the surface in search of his brother.

Of all the books of The Change, this novella was by far my favorite. It contained some severe images which required me to wikipedia. For example, La Tricoteuse sitting by a guillotine knitting the innards of the dead. While historically inaccurate (use of innards), it is absolutely representative of the dark and disturbing La Tricoteuse pass time. Humans are screwed up.

The real kick for me was reading an argument between Robespierre’s children. Atheism arguing with Ego arguing with... it was a nice touch.

Great novella for sure.

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Thanks to NetGalley, I got to read the third (and final?) book in Guy Adams's "The Change" series.

While not quite as horrific as the two previous, and certainly not as 'out there' as the second installment (The Queen of Coney Island), this book continued to tell the stories of those left behind after "The Change"(whatever that exactly was).

In Paris, a number of paintings from the Louvre have become animated, and are hunting down (among other things) some of those who survived.

Add to that a living guillotine, gargoyles, etc. and the adventure continues.

Bravo to Mr Adams for his ingenuity through the entire series.

3.5 stars

Loic is a boy who lives in the ancient tunnels underneath the streets of Paris. Since the world went mad he and the group he hides with find the underground to be a safer place to be than above ground and out in the open. Above ground, the chaos of the Change reigns supreme. Paintings come alive, talking apes, and murderous marionettes are just a few of the outrageous creatures haunting the once beautiful city of Paris.

When some of these crazed creatures break into the underground and kidnap two of the younger residents, Loic feels responsible and makes a plan to launch a rescue mission. Hoping to bring them home, Loic gives himself over to one of the paintings responsible for the attack on the tunnels. A City of Fools tells the story of Loic's adventure as he sets forth to save his friends and return them all to t he safety of their subterranean hideout.

This was the third book in The Change series, but unlike it's predecessors it didn't grab on to me as strongly. The concept was, once again, an interesting premise; it just didn't seem to pack the punch the other stories did. Adams did bring back the horror vibe of book one that we didn't sense so much in book two. It definitely had a darker feel as opposed to the more humorous tone of last book as well. Overall, I'm glad to have read this book, though I don't feel any draw to explore its storyline further. Whereas I'd be on board for a follow up for both London's and New York's narratives as I feel each of those stories was brought to a close in such a way as to set the stage for more.

Thank you to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for making this review opportunity possible.