- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd; paperback / softback edition (2 Feb 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0743257340
- ISBN-13: 978-0743257343
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,380,538 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought Martin Sketchley's Affinity Trap on the off-chance, but am glad I did. While this sort of science fiction has been done by many other people in the past, Sketchley brings his own style of darkness to the genre. The book is not so much about wars or the breakdown of society, but the struggle of the main character Delgado to overcome his own change of circumstances, and realising who he really is. Excellent.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I thoroughly enjoyed this one - a tempting mix of Sci Fi, adventure and love story.
Main character Delgado is quite a deep chappy with a lovely sense of humour, and he's having to re-think his approach to life in The Affinity Trap. After becoming addicted Lycern's to alien pheremones, he finds he doesn't want to hand her over to Earth's military, which is a bit awkward since they sent him to rescue her in the first place. Trouble is, if she doesn't go to Earth and marry Commander Supreme Myson, war will break out between Lycern's planet and Earth, and millions will die.
Sketchley has a nice flowing style and a good eye for description. There's stealth attacks and shoot 'em outs, plot twists and sex scenes, all packed between the covers of Affinity Trap. Which means there's something for everyone. I'm certainly glad I took the chance on this new author.
Format:Paperback
This is easily the worst book I've read. There are so many flaws it would be impossible to list them all, so here are two of the biggest ones:
(1) The main character, who is supposed to be so competent that he's chosen for a critical mission despite being deeply out of favour with the establishment, makes the wrong decision every single time he's presented with a choice. He is so utterly inept that he fails at nearly every turn despite the author's constant insistence that he's a hardened bad ass who knows how to get results.
(2) The 'plot' is a complete mess. Significant chunks are irrelevant, while others are so poorly constructed that they never convey the emotion they're trying to get across. Characters only act as the plot demands, never as how they should logically behave in their situation. It breaks all immersion when the protagonist gets himself in trouble yet again by rushing into a situation with no plan only to be bailed out because of a guard/solider/whoever being conveniently distracted by something much less important than the intruder standing in front of him.
The only reason I reached the end of this novel is that it was so staggeringly bad - as in "how could such a thing possibly be published" - that I wanted to be able to tell people just how woeful it is. You have been warned.
(1) The main character, who is supposed to be so competent that he's chosen for a critical mission despite being deeply out of favour with the establishment, makes the wrong decision every single time he's presented with a choice. He is so utterly inept that he fails at nearly every turn despite the author's constant insistence that he's a hardened bad ass who knows how to get results.
(2) The 'plot' is a complete mess. Significant chunks are irrelevant, while others are so poorly constructed that they never convey the emotion they're trying to get across. Characters only act as the plot demands, never as how they should logically behave in their situation. It breaks all immersion when the protagonist gets himself in trouble yet again by rushing into a situation with no plan only to be bailed out because of a guard/solider/whoever being conveniently distracted by something much less important than the intruder standing in front of him.
The only reason I reached the end of this novel is that it was so staggeringly bad - as in "how could such a thing possibly be published" - that I wanted to be able to tell people just how woeful it is. You have been warned.
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Poorly Written
I thought the book had some nice concepts, but found Sketchleys writing amateurish. The only reason I made it to the end was that I genuinely did want to know what happened, but I... Read more
Published on 5 April 2008 by Mr. A. Farooq
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This book left me disappointed, it feels like a series of cliched set pieces lashed together at the last minute by a tenuous plot.
And the alien sex is just weird. Read more
And the alien sex is just weird. Read more
Published on 11 Sep 2007 by B. pusey
Disappointing
After reading the mostly favourable reviews, I found the book disappointing. To be fair, there are some good and interesting ideas, but the loose plot ends, cardboard characters... Read more
Published on 16 Jun 2005 by DGT
A few Inspired Ideas but Uninspiring Narrative
Some parts of the book are gripping, the narrative and main charactersfairly well defined. But the plot hangs together limply. Read more
Published on 23 April 2004 by "saint_nix"
The Affinity Trap
I was not a great si-fi reader until I picked this up then could not put it down! I found it original in content with a good story line. Read more
Published on 11 Feb 2004 by Mr D J Bridges
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