A review by cara_selene
The Affinity Bridge by George Mann

1.0

I started off enjoying this but in the final quarter of the novel I just spiraled into complete indifference. Newbury's turn from investigator into a balls to the wall combative James Bond/Rambo type was just too sudden. I lost track of how many wounds he had, how many times stitches popped, how many beatings he took... it just got to be too much and I found it hard to believe the man was still standing, let alone still fighting. I found myself skipping pages and pages of action because it was just walls of text describing his prowess. If not for that it was an interesting little mystery (albeit kind of predictable). Veronica was the only character I found myself caring for, all of the other characters fell way too far into stereotypical archetypes. Overall it was entertaining but I won't be going back for more.