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Topiary
There are terrifying imaginary creatures in their yard...and they're coming to life!
Karen Watney and Josh Fletcher are about to buy their first house together, and they’ve found the ideal place—23 acres, a dog kennel for their two mastiffs, Moose and Brutus, located in a peaceful rural town in northwest Rhode Island.
But the house comes with features they have yet to discover. An exploration of the property reveals a hidden, dilapidated topiary, and their decision to rehabilitate it proves fateful.
Soon strange animal apparitions begin to appear, and some aren’t apparitions at all. They’re very real and very dangerous, and the grounds of their dream house soon are transformed to a haunted playground for them!
Audrey Swindon is a talented, emerging horror writer whose books feature innovative plots, intriguing characters and compelling dialogue, and the occasional surprising supernatural twist. Topiary is her fifth novel, and all four of her previous books have been #1 Amazon Bestsellers.
To find out why, download Topiary today and enjoy this thrillingly unconventional horror yarn!
Karen Watney and Josh Fletcher are about to buy their first house together, and they’ve found the ideal place—23 acres, a dog kennel for their two mastiffs, Moose and Brutus, located in a peaceful rural town in northwest Rhode Island.
But the house comes with features they have yet to discover. An exploration of the property reveals a hidden, dilapidated topiary, and their decision to rehabilitate it proves fateful.
Soon strange animal apparitions begin to appear, and some aren’t apparitions at all. They’re very real and very dangerous, and the grounds of their dream house soon are transformed to a haunted playground for them!
Audrey Swindon is a talented, emerging horror writer whose books feature innovative plots, intriguing characters and compelling dialogue, and the occasional surprising supernatural twist. Topiary is her fifth novel, and all four of her previous books have been #1 Amazon Bestsellers.
To find out why, download Topiary today and enjoy this thrillingly unconventional horror yarn!
- GenresHorror
252 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 11, 2018
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March 26, 2018
The concept of this book had such promise and really could have been scary. A couple buys a house with rundown topiaries on their land. The couple is intent on restoring them to their former glory, but of course things go astray. It's made clear early in the book that something is not quite right with the topiaries which are all made to resemble animals. You can probably guess just from this short description and the goodreads description of the book what happens.
Unfortunately the book just fell flat. The characters were shallow and felt lifeless. The book was filled with dialogue between the couple that felt really forced and unnatural at worst, but really it was just the sheer amount of dialogue that almost made me feel like I was reading a play or something. Certain scenes could have been entirely cut from this book and it would have made no difference. One character twists her ankle pretty bad and for a good chunk of the book we are solely reading about her ankle and how bad it is and how hard it is for her to go upstairs, her taking sleep pills to sleep off the pain of her ankle, etc. Except this really has no relevance at all.
The characters continue acting almost the same throughout the whole book even when they are in dangerous situations. They just kinda stand around saying stuff like "Wow look at this!" like they are walking through a museum completely forgetting the danger they are in. Even when stuff starts happening its honestly rather boring since the characters all act so bored themselves.
Lastly there could have been a better attempt to explain the topiaries in the book. There is one sort of theory, but it feels like it should have been elaborated more throughout the book and maybe made known much earlier in the story. As the book stands I can't say it was very good although it is a cheap book.
Unfortunately the book just fell flat. The characters were shallow and felt lifeless. The book was filled with dialogue between the couple that felt really forced and unnatural at worst, but really it was just the sheer amount of dialogue that almost made me feel like I was reading a play or something. Certain scenes could have been entirely cut from this book and it would have made no difference. One character twists her ankle pretty bad and for a good chunk of the book we are solely reading about her ankle and how bad it is and how hard it is for her to go upstairs, her taking sleep pills to sleep off the pain of her ankle, etc. Except this really has no relevance at all.
The characters continue acting almost the same throughout the whole book even when they are in dangerous situations. They just kinda stand around saying stuff like "Wow look at this!" like they are walking through a museum completely forgetting the danger they are in. Even when stuff starts happening its honestly rather boring since the characters all act so bored themselves.
Lastly there could have been a better attempt to explain the topiaries in the book. There is one sort of theory, but it feels like it should have been elaborated more throughout the book and maybe made known much earlier in the story. As the book stands I can't say it was very good although it is a cheap book.
March 17, 2018
Good storyline but really awful dialogue.. Disappointing because it had such good plot possibilities.
December 11, 2018
Very silly went no where and every where.
August 15, 2019
Hurry
A five was given because the story beckoned me further into desiring to know what was going to happen next. Don't always explore a Topiary if you run into one.
A five was given because the story beckoned me further into desiring to know what was going to happen next. Don't always explore a Topiary if you run into one.
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