The Affinity Bridge

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• Review: The Affinity Bridge by George Mann (Snowbooks)

  The Affinity Bridge by George Mann Published by Snowbooks and Out Now There are a few things going on with The Affinity Bridge. It’s a page-turner, a detective story, it features Queen Victoria, it has spies, and it’s steampunk to name but a few of t ... (read full critics)

  nextread published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010

• The Affinity Bridge, by George Mann

  Home Contact us Posts Comments The Affinity Bridge is George Mann’s first novel in the Newbury and Hobbes Investigations series. In it we are introduced to Sir Maurice Newbury, Gentleman Investigator for the Crown, Miss Veronica Hobbes, his intrepid ... (read full critics)

  bookgeeks published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010

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  Steampunk is becoming clichè ?

  Ok, that's mainly my fault... everytime I see a cover even largely resembling the Steampunk setting I'm bound to buy the book.
  The gorgeous cover of this George Mann's book was no exception, but behind the glittering cover there's a less glittering novel.
  It is basically a well conceived m ... (continue)

  Ok, that's mainly my fault... everytime I see a cover even largely resembling the Steampunk setting I'm bound to buy the book.
  The gorgeous cover of this George Mann's book was no exception, but behind the glittering cover there's a less glittering novel.
  It is basically a well conceived mystery tale set in a Steampunkish London ( with all the canonical trappings and gizmos) even if a little bit to straightforward in its solutions.
  You got Zeppelins, Automaton and all the things that the setting requires but I must admit that I felt the whole book lacked a little more of invention from the author. Something new in a genre that is becoming standardised.
  The main character is more or less the typical victorian hero with a skeleton in the closet ( Laudanum) more interesting is the daring Veronica Hobbes with her clairvoyant sister ( closed in a sanitarium by her family), even if Alan Moore's influence is strong in the depiction of the brave Lady. All in all a good but somewhat dull book, we will see if the serie get better in the next novel.

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• English Books
• Others 350 Pages
• ISBN-10: 1905005881
• ISBN-13: 9781905005888
• Pub date: Sep 01, 2008

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