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audrian_crow's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
I was lucky enough to read Ghost Station as an audiobook ARC provided by NetGalley and Macmillan Audio.
The Good
After Dead Silence, I think SF Horror withlow-despair endings might be my favorite. I love the combination of horror, adventure, and science fiction. Many of the characters were awesome, some starting off that way and others growing on me. At some point, the surly Suresh became my favorite. As a mostly SF/F reader, the ending was satisfying avoiding the cliche horror or thriller ending of *everything ended badly and it's waiting for you* that usually ruins books like this. The chemistry between the MC and the mission commander is pretty solid as well.
The Bad
The book starts off slow. It took me longer to get through the first third of the book than the remainder. It just drags. I think two things cause this, both of which are classified as...
The Ugly
First, the MC Ophelia is too introspective and whines constantly. Towards the end, it even started to cut through the tension of the events because it was all so repetitive or predictable (not the events themselves, just Ophelia in the events). I understand that she is a psychologist, but she is always so much more focused on herself and her history that it almost makes any time she cares about someone else seem like an act at first, Ethan being the notable exception .
Second, and this is very subjective, but I hated the narration. It was soporific, which is not what I want in an audiobook of any kind but certainly not a horror audiobook. It also layered over the introspection in a way that just doubled the whining effect. The performance itself was fine, and the narrator has a lovely voice, but it's neither the kind of voice I want reading to me nor the kind of voice I want reading a book like this.
Also, Ophelia commits a classic SF/Horror blunder, specifically the"Oh, no! Not a gun! Better leave that on the floor because I can carry a gun. . It made me facepalm at her stupidity... twice.
That said, I liked the book as a whole, don't feel like I wasted my time, and would totally recommend it to others
The Good
After Dead Silence, I think SF Horror with
The Bad
The book starts off slow. It took me longer to get through the first third of the book than the remainder. It just drags. I think two things cause this, both of which are classified as...
The Ugly
First, the MC Ophelia is too introspective and whines constantly. Towards the end, it even started to cut through the tension of the events because it was all so repetitive or predictable (not the events themselves, just Ophelia in the events). I understand that she is a psychologist, but she is always so much more focused on herself and her history that it almost makes any time she cares about someone else seem like an act at first
Second, and this is very subjective, but I hated the narration. It was soporific, which is not what I want in an audiobook of any kind but certainly not a horror audiobook. It also layered over the introspection in a way that just doubled the whining effect. The performance itself was fine, and the narrator has a lovely voice, but it's neither the kind of voice I want reading to me nor the kind of voice I want reading a book like this.
Also, Ophelia commits a classic SF/Horror blunder, specifically the
That said, I liked the book as a whole, don't feel like I wasted my time, and would totally recommend it to others
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Blood, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Violence, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Mental illness, Death, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Car accident
Minor: Dementia
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