There are so many ways you can show me that someone is morphing into a bad guy without using rape to do it. I love so many types of horror: body horror, slashers, supernatural horror, gore, psychological horror, monster horror… This rape scene, though? It seemed to me that it was only there as a plot device, showing the reader that the desk is influencing Tyson to act in a way that he never would without it. I was completely on board until the on page rape scene. The author even references Jack, and adds a few other King references in for good measure. Almost immediately I started comparing Tyson to Jack Torrance. I found this book easy to get into and I was keen to see how the history of Tyson’s desk impacted on his present. Now, instead of completing the historical horror novel he wanted to write, Tyson finds himself embroiled in a real life historical horror, one that’s almost three hundred years in the making. They both hope this will give Tyson the boost he needs to get back in the game. Sarah, Tyson’s partner, goes all out for his birthday, buying him a one of a kind antique desk. Sent away with an impossible deadline and strict instructions to write the book he was supposed to be writing, Tyson feels defeated. He’s already spent the advance he received for the book he was supposed to be writing and his agent isn’t exactly thrilled that the work in progress Tyson presents to him doesn’t even remotely resemble the pitch. Tyson Parks, once upon a bestselling author, is struggling both creatively and financially.
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