Book: Ghost Station

Author: S.A. Barnes

Thank you NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for an advanced audio copy. 

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Ghost Station sucked me right in from the premise. A horror book with aliens? Sold! Unfortunately, this did not come through as a horror book but it was still an interesting read, slow but interesting. 

The story starts slow and takes a while to get going. Fortunately, during this slow time, Barnes does a great job at world-building and getting us acquainted with the main character, Dr. Ophelia Bray. Ophelia was not my favorite character but she was strong enough to help drive this story forward.

Ghost Station never felt scary but at its best it felt tense. There are some disgusting scenes that may be horror to some but I think for the general audience this won’t come through as a horror book. 

My biggest complaint with this book was its length. I listened to the audiobook and it was just shy of 15 hours. I’m no stranger to a long audiobook but I don’t think this book needed to be this long and would have benefited from being cut down to be a much shorter experience. 

Even though I may have been a little harsh on this one I still do recommend it. There are a lot of good ideas and the writing was always fantastic.

Final Score 3/5