Review of Apartment 16 by Adam Nevill
5 stars
“Apartment 16” was my first introduction to the horror
writing of Adam Nevill, and I discovered a complex, literate, terrifying
world-view. Barrington House in England is a high-class, although aging,
apartment block. Most of the apartments have been owned for decades, and only
very rarely does one become available at the death of the previous owner, or
due to inheritance. Such is the case when Lillian passes mysteriously and her
great-niece Apryl, an American, inherits. At the behest of her mother, Apryl
travels to London to examine the apartment, ready it for sale, and to sell the furnishings.
What Apryl discovers is a multitude of horrifying secrets; umpteen layers of
secrets, kept not only by Lillian and her late husband, but by other
apartment-owners, and by the staff. Apryl will find out WHY Apartment 16 has
been empty for decades—and why its nature has been kept secret from anyone
outside the Barrington House.
Author Adam Nevill has an incredible imagination, and a
flair for horror that creeps up on little cat feet—and then scares the blazes
out of the reader. I can’t forget any of his novels, and plan to reread all.
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