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A review by chantaal
Ghost Station by S.A. Barnes
Did not finish book. Stopped at 17%.
Officially throwing in the towel on this one at 17%. I've tried my hardest but I can't seem to bring myself to care enough about the characters or the plot setup to go on.
This has a promising premise: our main character Ophelia is a psychologist specializing in ERS, which is a space-based condition that can cause people to go mad and possibly murder their fellow crew. Ophelia is assigned to a ship that just lost a crew member in an attempt to help them process and hopefully prevent ERS. The ship docks somewhere and I presume that horror ensues from there. I didn't get far enough to even get to the horror bits, which is a shame.
The main roadblock for me here was the characters and the plot setup. Ophelia is part of a billionaire corporate family, and she's escaping some sort of big dust up that her family is involved in when she accepts the assignment. The crew on the ship don't appreciate her coming into their space while they're mourning, and the tension from the outset just feels so...contrived. It feels stupid. It made me absolutely dislike every single person in this book, especially Ophelia.
I love the idea of space horror, and I want more of it. I just wish I could have gone on longer with this one, but I just couldn't.
Many thanks to Tor Nightfire and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this ARC.
This has a promising premise: our main character Ophelia is a psychologist specializing in ERS, which is a space-based condition that can cause people to go mad and possibly murder their fellow crew. Ophelia is assigned to a ship that just lost a crew member in an attempt to help them process and hopefully prevent ERS. The ship docks somewhere and I presume that horror ensues from there. I didn't get far enough to even get to the horror bits, which is a shame.
The main roadblock for me here was the characters and the plot setup. Ophelia is part of a billionaire corporate family, and she's escaping some sort of big dust up that her family is involved in when she accepts the assignment. The crew on the ship don't appreciate her coming into their space while they're mourning, and the tension from the outset just feels so...contrived. It feels stupid. It made me absolutely dislike every single person in this book, especially Ophelia.
I love the idea of space horror, and I want more of it. I just wish I could have gone on longer with this one, but I just couldn't.
Many thanks to Tor Nightfire and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this ARC.