No One Gets Out Alive

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No One Gets Out Alive
File:No One Gets Out Alive 2014 Nevill book cover.jpg
First edition UK cover
Author Adam Nevill
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre Horror
Published 2014, Pan
Media type Print, e-book
Pages 320 pages
ISBN 1447240901
Preceded by House of Small Shadows
Followed by Lost Girl

No One Gets Out Alive is a 2014 horror novel and the sixth book by British author Adam Nevill. It was published in the United Kingdom and United States on 23 October 2014 through Pan and focuses on a young woman who moves into a cheap apartment, only to find that she has put herself in danger by doing so.

Synopsis

Stephanie Booth is a young woman who works various temp jobs and is always strapped for cash. Because of this, she's always had fairly poor living environments and she's overjoyed when she finds a decently priced apartment in the Perry Barr neighborhood. While she does have some initial misgivings about the decision, the positives seem to outweigh the negatives and Stephanie eagerly signs on as a tenant. Soon after Stephanie begins to experience several strange and inexplicable phenomena that make her start to regret moving in, as she hears odd noises and feels a presence that begins to grow more hostile with each passing night.

Reception

Critical reception has been positive.[1] The Lancashire Post gave No One Gets Out Alive a favorable review, writing that it was "a gripping, gruesome bone-chiller with resonant themes, a supernatural edge and an overwhelming sense of malevolence."[2] Starburst and SFX both gave positive reviews and commented on the book's bleak commentary on poverty,[3] and Starburst wrote that the book was "one that’s frighteningly relevant and all the more compelling for it."[4]

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