Dead Silence

In space no one can hear you scream...from frustration and subpar audiobook narration. Dead Space by S.A. Barnes was billed as The Shining meets The Titanic in space, and I had very high hopes for this story. Claire is a space ship team lead on a mission that accidentally discovers a luxury (space) cruise ship that has been missing for decades. Motivated by the lucrative claim they can make by recovering the vessel Claire and her crew board the ship, but soon creepy stuff starts happening. The reader is left to wonder: is the ship haunted? Has the crew gone insane? Is something else at work?

Cool concept, but ultimately I didn't love how it turned out. This was a fun book (especially for the first 2/3rds of so), but I just found it a bit disappointing overall. Some elements seemed unbelievable or just kinda lame. Additionally the audiobook is marred by a performance that at times borders on melodrama, and features some character voices I didn't care for.

Overall I think this book was just ok. If you really like space horror you might be into it, but there's probably better books out there. This might be one that's better to read visually than to listen to though.

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