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Apartment 16

The Gruesome, Gothic Psychological Horror from the Author of The Ritual

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Apartment 16

By: Adam Nevill
Narrated by: Penelope Rawlins, Tom Babbage
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Some doors are better left closed . . .

Darkly profound and utterly chilling, Apartment 16 is a work of compulsive psychological horror from the award-winning author of The Ritual, Adam Nevill.

‘Fast becoming Britain's answer to Stephen King’ – The Guardian

In Barrington House, an upmarket block in London, there is an empty apartment. No one goes in, no one comes out. And it has been that way for fifty years. Until the night watchman hears a disturbance after midnight and investigates. What he experiences is enough to change his life for ever.

A young American woman, Apryl, arrives at Barrington House. She’s been left an apartment by her mysterious Great Aunt Lillian, who died in strange circumstances. Rumours claim Lillian was mad. But her diary suggests she was implicated in a horrific and inexplicable event decades ago.

Determined to learn something of this eccentric woman, Apryl begins to unravel the hidden story of Barrington House. She discovers that a transforming, evil force still inhabits the building. And the doorway to Apartment 16 is a gateway to something altogether more terrifying . . .

‘A gloriously gruesome fever dream’ – SFX

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Critic reviews

Nevill proves himself to be a first-rate literary bogeyman . . . a gloriously gruesome fever dream (SFX)
An impeccable slice of modern horror with a traditional sense of dread and unerring "keep the light on" suspense. A new British horror star is forcefully born (Maxim Jakubowski, author and editor of The Perfect Crime)
Not since reading Stephen King’s It has a book managed to instill such a feeling of fear and disquiet in me (fantasybookreview.co.uk)
A demonstration of what the field of horror is capable of at its very best (Black Static)
Nevill is fast becoming Britain's answer to Stephen King (The Guardian, on Last Days)
Excellent Writing • Vivid Descriptions • Great Overall Performance • Intelligent Protagonist • Intriguing Mystery

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the female narrator's voices are so bad. there's really nothing else to say, they are just so bad. Someone heard her do the voice for April and they said with a straight face, "sounds perfect, let's go with that." 😬

decent book, horrible voice acting

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Where to even start?!?! Loved the story. The imagery is unrivaled. I saw every living, awful piece of art, and a really demented part of me WANTED to see them! A dash of Lovecraft to keep me wondering… was it all the artist, or was there a darker, cosmic force at work. Excellent. Highly entertaining, not for the weak stomach.

The creep factor is extreme!

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Give the audio version a pass and just read this one. I don’t understand how the woman’s “American accent” made it past the producers of this audiobook. It almost feels like a bad joke. It’s unfortunate, because this is an otherwise great read. Audible should use a sample of the woman narrator to give folks a more realistic preview of what they’re spending their money on.

Narration Ruins a Great Story

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every time she speaks it cuts through my head like a knife! hard to get past

worst American New Jersey accent ever!

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As I said above, I disliked the dual narrators and the voice given to Apryl was jarring and unpleasant. It really feels more like a story about Seth than Apryl, she’s almost relegated to a side character and she’s never fleshed out at all. We seem to get snipits of backstory from her viewpoint but honestly, this is a story about Seth.

The prose is beautifully written and it’s not a hard listen it just feels disjointed and the whole “friends of” chapter really could have been an email.lol (She could have told Miles about it afterwards.)

I sort of thought we’d get a follow up on Apryl in the epilogue, but no, just more Seth which only served to me, to make it feel incomplete. I’m disappointed.

I don’t like the dual narrators. It is distracting

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