Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes (Author), Lauren Ezzo (Narrator)
Space — a repair crew, about to travel back home after a last finished job, picks up a distress signal. They follow the signal and discover a luxury liner that was lost in space many years ago. Think Titanic in space. In international waters or space the deal is Finders / Keepers, so after some brief deliberation the crew decides to salvage the ship.
Haunted house territory, suspicious noises, ghostly sightings in a ship in space. So not my thing, really, psychological horror… The suspense did not kill me. And I did not really feel creepy horror vibes either. Mostly I was rolling my eyes, not in fright, but acknowledgement.
The traumatic past of the main characters is revealed in flashbacks. I figured that was just window-dressing, but it actually served a purpose towards the end, when it was revealed why and how the disaster came to pass. The reveal was a disappointment for me, I had hoped for something more ingenious.
The audiobook narrator with her breathy and sometimes frantic voice grated on my nerves a bit. And the MC was much too whiny. I also could have done without the romance thing.
Bottomline this was not a winner for me. It‘s a decent book, but for me it lacked suspense, it lacked horror, the reveal was meh, I didn‘t like the MC… so this is a 3-star read at most.
I can see this as a pretty good, light horror / action movie.
Cathy's Reading Bonanza 
I liked the synopsis of this one, but have avoided picking it up because it sounded like too much horror for me. I enjoy psychological horror more than blood-and-guts horror, though, so maybe it would work for me after all.
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There is some blood and guts and plenty of dead bodies as well, but the psychological element was stronger.
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Ah, well, maybe I’ll still give it a pass then. Who knows? Give it 6 months and I might be ready for some blood and guts in my fiction. The world is weird, and I am (currently) a mood reader.
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