'The Change: New York: The River That Runs Both Ways' by Guy Adams is book 5 of the series about changes that have made Earth a really strange place to live.

The survivors of Coney Island are making their escape by boat along the Hudson River, but this is The Change, so things will not be easy. From cannibalistic fisherman on the Narrows Bridge to a never-ending fight across the river with Grace and her friends right in the crossfire.

I've enjoyed this weird series and I've got one more book to read. This installment felt a bit like not much was going on to advance the story, so I thought it was a weaker entry, but the series has evoked some surreal images, like the one this time of the giant, living Statue of Liberty.

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The Change: New YorkThe River That Runs Both Ways by Guy Adams.
Grace and friends are making their way along the Hudson. It should be an easy enough journey but time – and The Change – have other ideas.
A good read with good characters. I did like the story. 3*.

The penultimate novella in the Change series.
Adams has done a great job of keeping these stories focused, well-paced, and entertaining. Each one offers something a little different (and not only because of the separate locations). Definitely worth checking out.

This book follows on from the first NY one, Grace, God and their companions on their way up the Hudson to try and find Grace's brother in Rikers.
The story sees them encounter cannibal fishermen, a mythical NY-Nessie and time bubbles on their short journey, and they find themselves in the midst of a battle across the river.
As with the first book, this focuses on the strange characters that the world has spat out after The Change, a range of unusual, but enjoyable people with their own needs, goals and feelings.
As with London: Dirt, we see more of the goings-on from The Hellfire Club, the network of rich people who are controlling things. Sadly, we again don't see Grace get to her destination and the book ends with another frustrating damp squib.
ARC received from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I felt this was the weakest of the three. We follow a group of characters we met in the beginning trilogy travelling by boat through a river that is not only treacherous BUT may also have time bubbles that transport our protagonists into perilous moments in time. The struggled to like the characters in this one and I felt that the story wasn't as strong as the others.

Such an amazing new addition to the series, and I wish everyone could read this series! They are so well thought out and written.

Guy Adams continues to scare the bejeesus out of me with this long form serial story of a horrible alien invasion, that killed most of the Earth’s inhabitants outright, and continues to make life precarious for the survivors, who have to deal with inexplicable events and all types of weird monsters, in the aftermath. This series is worth a good scare, as you’re never entirely certain what’s happening, or why. You’re just as much along for the ride as the characters, and I kinda enjoyed that.

I was very disappointed by this installment of The Change. When I saw who the returning characters were I was really excited because of how much I enjoyed them in their initial story. This continuation, however, was boring and didn’t seem to serve any real purpose in the grand scheme of things. The storyline veered off course, never even truly going anywhere. It simply felt like a waste of time. The only positive thing I can say about this book is that God was back and still a hoot.

Thanks to the author, the publisher, and NetGalley for providing me with this review copy and opportunity.

Like with the other books in this series, I enjoyed this book but it wasn't perfect. Little to nothing happened that would further along the plot as a whole, though we introduced to a large assortment of characters. Really, compared to the other books, this one was some what pointless. It told us nothing of Grace's, or any of the others', life pre change. We didn't even get further than the river. Really it was a pointless subdivision that could have been handed out to something later on that would have further the plot of the series as a whole.

Having the read the previous 4 books this one was not my favorite, although bizarrely it contains my favorite character of God. Just couldn't get into this one but I couldn't tell you why. It was ok but I don't think you could read it as a stand alone book easily.

I can never tire of Grace's narrative, and equally all of the others alongside her. God has to be one of my favourite characters ever, and this one begins with God dreaming and obviously it's the dream in which he is helping Hubcap from the previous book, although to Hubcap God appears not in a dream but in person, then abruptly disappears. Ah I just love the banter in this and the characterisation, and I didn't tire of the other perspectives. I even enjoyed reading Gracie Fforde's narrative and it was good to see because whenever she was mentioned I did wonder about her.

Although it was short-lived because Grace hadn't actually reached her brother by the end of this and so her story isn't over either and I want more. Please. Arghhh.

The Change New York follows Grace and God's continued search for her brother, most of the action takes place on the Hudson river.

Like London: Dirt, New York focuses more on the higher powers who have a lot at stake during the change. This definitely increases the level of political intrigue and makes the reader think.

God is still my favourite character in this series and always makes light of the situation with his silly remarks about how he created humans.

I definitely recommend this book for anyone who wants a different take on dystopian genre, it's short and will absorb you from start to finish.

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

This was a rather pointless installment of The Change series. While returning to good characters Grace and God from The Change: New York, #2, nothing particularly happened. Yes, they traveled through time and their boat was blown up and they met cannibals but it wasn't interesting and most of it was just pointless. I just wanted to know if Grace would meet up with her brother, which wasn't answered. However, this book was rather negatively written, with various racist, misogynist and ablest comments and not just from the villains of the book, but the main characters as well. At one point the main character, a fifteen year old girl actually thinks, 'well I'm the most normal person on this boat because I have all my limbs and I'm not mentally ill, but then again, I am black.' It made me feel quite uncomfortable while reading.