My wife and I took a trip to New York City two weeks ago and I got this book to help point out places and things we wanted to see and do。 It is a tour guide， with contributions from multiple authors。 I found the info accurate。 It was published for 2020， and had no info about the Covid pandemic， which didn't really matter to me。 All in all， it did what I wanted it to。 The writing is typical of a tour guide book。 Just facts to know about。 I gave it 4 stars because it did it's job。 I didn't give it My wife and I took a trip to New York City two weeks ago and I got this book to help point out places and things we wanted to see and do。 It is a tour guide， with contributions from multiple authors。 I found the info accurate。 It was published for 2020， and had no info about the Covid pandemic， which didn't really matter to me。 All in all， it did what I wanted it to。 The writing is typical of a tour guide book。 Just facts to know about。 I gave it 4 stars because it did it's job。 I didn't give it 5 because I have read tour books that had passion in them。 You pick up the excitement from the writer and it is infectious。 There were exclamations here and there， but no personal descriptions or reactions by an excited writer。 I admit that I have only found one or two guide books that had that feature， but this one didn't have it。 The saving grace is that New York has so much character and charm and history and the best of so many things that the excitement and passion will come just from being there。 I would recommend this to anyone who wants to know about New York City for a possible visit。 。。。more