A review by ristretto
Ghost Station by S.A. Barnes

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

So here’s the set up. Ophelia’s life mission has been the study and prevention of ERs a type of space PTSD that can be deadly to space explorers. She’s also running from her past and the crimes of her father. So she joins a crew as they survey an abandoned isolated planet but right from the start things are off. It looks like the previous team left in a hurry and the station is in disarray. The rest of the crew plays it off as if it’s a prank by the previous residents to spook them, but little things start to add up and they are about to discover much worse.

Space Horror, I’m here for it! The isolation and feeling of claustrophobia with nowhere to run and no one to help you along with creepy abandoned spaces, being snowed in, and body horror creates such a delightfully tense read. This has it all and I kind of loved it. It kept me turning the pages late into the night. The story and atmosphere build up at just the right pace and Ophelia’s past adds another dark layer to it.

This is great for fans of Alien and The Thing or readers who enjoyed the author’s previous novel, Dead Silence. It’s tense and suspenseful and will keep you reading late into the night!

Thank you to NetGalley and Tor Nightfire. I received an advance review copy, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.