![]() An incredibly powerful story that will leave a lasting impression. The author's writing is as tight as a hangman's noose, the pacing and tension as taut as the rope.Īnimosity is one of those books that no matter your preferred genre, should definitely be read. Newman offers up the ultimate morality tale, a sleek, powerful monster of a story, that puts the reader in the shoes of Andrew Holland, an innocent victim of that mindless spawn of public opinion gone rabid.mob justice, cranking up the suspense to a fever pitch as Holland's life becomes a living Hell, pushing him to the limits of his endurance and sanity, to the breaking point where his humanity takes a backseat, and the beast within is unchained, as survival instincts take over. And only blood will appease the mindless beast once unleashed. Fueled by an irresponsible media, for whom shock value means more than fact, the mob builds, as whispers become a roar. Where a rumor, a flat out lie, can take on a life of it's own, usually from the broken body of the truth, left to rot, forgotten in the mad rush to judgement, which builds from a trickle to a torrent without thought. In a world where public opinion, born of baser impulses, rules. This is one of the most powerful horror novels I have read in my life. Rather than bloodthirsty vampires or brain-eating zombies beating at the door, they are our own friends, our families, our peers…and what in any horror writer’s twisted imagination could be more terrifying? It is a retelling of the “The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street” for the modern age, a morality-play-meets-horror-story in which the monsters wear all-too-familiar faces. They vandalize his home, trash his vehicle.Īnd just when he thinks things can’t possibly get any worse, another child’s body is found.Īndy is no longer sure if he will survive this ordeal with his sanity intact…assuming he does survive.Īnimosity is a disturbing look into how otherwise good people can allow themselves to be misled by gossip, rumors, and a mob mentality. His phone rings, and when he answers muffled voices curse him, spitting vile accusations. His neighbors soon take their disdain to a frightening new level. Ben Souther, with whom Andy once enjoyed cold beers and baseball banter on warm summer nights, offers the writer advice which now hints of something more unsettling than the sly wisdom normally found in his quotes-for-every-occasion: “Let us not make imaginary evils when we have so many real ones to encounter”. His neighbors’ derision is subtle at first – a nasty look, a friendly wave that is not reciprocated. Though the authorities clear him of any wrongdoing, as weeks pass with no arrest the local media insinuates connections between the gruesome subject matter of Andy's novels and his tragic discovery. ![]() Everything changes, however, the day Andy discovers the body of a murdered child just several hundred yards from his front door.Īlmost instantly, his neighbors start to turn on him. The author is the closest thing to a celebrity most of Poinsettia Lane’s residents will ever meet. His neighbors seem proud to know him (although none of them would admit to reading “that kind of stuff”). ![]() To keep from getting too depressed about that, Andy has thrown himself into his writing more vigorously than ever, when he’s not spending as much time with his daughter, Samantha, as joint custody allows. Andy’s wife recently left him for another man. Animosity is the story of Andrew Holland, a bestselling horror writer whose life begins to mirror the fictional nightmares of his novels after he finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. ![]()
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