No One Gets Out Alive
An audionovel by Adam Nevill
narrated by Colleen Prendergast
I am a fan of horror, especially ghostly horror. I think I admire it so much because I'd like to write it myself. When I purchased No One Gets Out Alive, by Adam Nevill, I was looking for some serious ghosts. A haunt of a time and a humongous thrill.
I read other people's reviews and just knew it was going to be one of those amazing scares. Was I right, or did I get fooled by the rants and raves? #element-d157def5-5b7a-428c-bcf5-ac76237f7b4a .waddons-blog-image.hideImage { display: none;}
Stephanie is in a bad way. She's got no home, working temp with very little available and she's in need of a temporary home while she gets on her feet. She finds herself in a bad place, the rough part of Birmingham renting a room for about 160 quid. Cheap with an even cheaper landlord.
Everything about the place is creepy. She's told there are others in the old house that's been converted, but she doesn't see them. But she does hear them. In the middle of the night, skittering about, pressing against her bed, whispering... It's a terrible experience, but there's more to the old house than Stephanie understands. It's not until she'd held prisoner that things go from worse to horrific!
Have I ever mentioned that I like my horror to remain in the horror category? I don't like real life to creep in, unless it's really spooky and scary. Well this book treads in two worlds. It wanted to be a ghost story, but it also shares the miserable measures of the downtrodden, immigrants and the very foolish.
When it kicked off, I was thrilled. I mean, it has an amazing start, but I have to admit, I couldn't even finish the book. I got near halfway and just couldn't push on. Stephanie left me knackered- no, overly exhausted! It's all because I'm one of those women who never took to being bullied. I'd fight before kneeling, you know. Stephanie let things go way too far and never once acted in a manner of someone strong. It irked me to the fullest. I couldn't handle it.
Other reviews give this book the highest praise. Because of that, I feel bad that I gave it only two starts on Goodreads.com, but I have to share what I feel. The foolishness, the being pushed about and even the stuff I can't mention because it would offer up SPOILERS - It was too far-fetched for me.. Just know that this book takes a great deal of patience. It's ûber long and takes a great deal of empathy. It simply was not for me.
Check out No One Gets Out Alive, by Adam Nevill while I move on to the next read. Cheers!
No One Gets Out Alive
Adam Nevill
Narrated by Colleen Prendergast
Published by Audible Studios: 17 hours, 9 minutes
640-pages
Literature/British&Irish/Fiction/Horror
narrated by Colleen Prendergast
I am a fan of horror, especially ghostly horror. I think I admire it so much because I'd like to write it myself. When I purchased No One Gets Out Alive, by Adam Nevill, I was looking for some serious ghosts. A haunt of a time and a humongous thrill. I read other people's reviews and just knew it was going to be one of those amazing scares. Was I right, or did I get fooled by the rants and raves? #element-d157def5-5b7a-428c-bcf5-ac76237f7b4a .waddons-blog-image.hideImage { display: none;}
Stephanie is in a bad way. She's got no home, working temp with very little available and she's in need of a temporary home while she gets on her feet. She finds herself in a bad place, the rough part of Birmingham renting a room for about 160 quid. Cheap with an even cheaper landlord.Everything about the place is creepy. She's told there are others in the old house that's been converted, but she doesn't see them. But she does hear them. In the middle of the night, skittering about, pressing against her bed, whispering... It's a terrible experience, but there's more to the old house than Stephanie understands. It's not until she'd held prisoner that things go from worse to horrific!
Have I ever mentioned that I like my horror to remain in the horror category? I don't like real life to creep in, unless it's really spooky and scary. Well this book treads in two worlds. It wanted to be a ghost story, but it also shares the miserable measures of the downtrodden, immigrants and the very foolish.
When it kicked off, I was thrilled. I mean, it has an amazing start, but I have to admit, I couldn't even finish the book. I got near halfway and just couldn't push on. Stephanie left me knackered- no, overly exhausted! It's all because I'm one of those women who never took to being bullied. I'd fight before kneeling, you know. Stephanie let things go way too far and never once acted in a manner of someone strong. It irked me to the fullest. I couldn't handle it.
Other reviews give this book the highest praise. Because of that, I feel bad that I gave it only two starts on Goodreads.com, but I have to share what I feel. The foolishness, the being pushed about and even the stuff I can't mention because it would offer up SPOILERS - It was too far-fetched for me.. Just know that this book takes a great deal of patience. It's ûber long and takes a great deal of empathy. It simply was not for me.
Check out No One Gets Out Alive, by Adam Nevill while I move on to the next read. Cheers!
No One Gets Out Alive
Adam Nevill
Narrated by Colleen Prendergast
Published by Audible Studios: 17 hours, 9 minutes
640-pages
Literature/British&Irish/Fiction/Horror
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