Dead Silence

3 1/2 stars

The good:
- creepy atmosphere
- the main character (although the typical everything is always my fault) tries to rationalize situations and follow certain logic (even if she makes bad choices)
- her growth
- not a terrible ending

The bad
- it's all my fault MC (mind you, at times it really is)
- ran a bit long
- side characters didn't get enough development
- the world building, supernatural, space aspects didn't get enough room to expand on.

Overall, this was a good space horror, one of those that convinces you we're probably better earthbound. There were the classic politics troupes, a touch of supernatural, a touch of OMG space can kill you in a thousand ways so why even go. A lot of oh whyyy would you do that, and yet, fun to watch it unfold. The ending wasn't awful, and really, it was a difficult story to satisfyingly end, so i won't blame them.
If you like space horror, event horizon sort of vibes, and don't mind a bit of pacing issues and underdevelopment, it should work for you. The main character is really traumatized, but knows it and although she makes stupid choices, does try to ammend them and by the end of it, she comes to accept herself and grows. I do think event horizon was better, but this does read like a movie.