Blog Tour Review - Gothic by Philip Fracassi

Blog Tour Review - Gothic by Philip Fracassi

On his 59th birthday, Tyson Parks—a famous, but struggling, horror writer—receives an antique
desk from his partner, Sarah, in the hopes it will rekindle his creative juices. Perhaps inspire him
to write another best-selling novel and prove his best years aren’t behind him.

A continent away, a mysterious woman makes inquiries with her sources around the world,
seeking the whereabouts of a certain artifact her family has been hunting for centuries. With the
help of a New York City private detective, she finally finds what she’s been looking for.

It’s in the home of Tyson Parks.-

Meanwhile, as Tyson begins to use his new desk, he begins acting... strange. Violent. His writing
more disturbing than anything he’s done before. But publishers are paying top dollar, convinced
his new work will be a hit, and Tyson will do whatever it takes to protect his newfound success.

Even if it means the destruction of the ones he loves.

Even if it means his own sanity.

Gothic is a wild ride of a horror novel! It's dark, macabre, intense and pretty nasty. Which is all to say that I thoroughly enjoyed it!

At first, I will admit, I wasn't sure about it. Some of the early descriptive passages as Tyson Parks goes about his life as a once-great, now definitely struggling horror writer were just a bit too lurid, a little off perhaps. But then I realised that this is actually just us seeing the world through the eyes of a once great, now definitely struggling horror writer. I think a lot of this novel is not really intended to be taken too seriously, as our narrator is definitely a person given to seeing things from an over-the-top, graphic horror perspective.

Once the main storyline gets rolling, which doesn't take too long, Gothic quickly turns into a thrilling horror journey, as Tyson's writing career is reinvigorated by his acquisition of a new writing desk, his attitude changes for the worst and strange things start happening around his house. 

I was gripped throughout, both to see how dark things were going to get and to see how it was all going to be resolved.

The occasional jumps back in time showing the origins of the desk were another fascinating addition, though I would have liked to have seen more of this, perhaps tracing it through time. 

Gothic is a bloody, gory good time. There's not a lot of subtlety or psychological horror to it, but sometimes a good shock fest is what you want from horror.

Gothic by Philip Fracassi is out now, published by Black Crow Books.

I was given a review copy in return for participation in this Black Crow PR blog tour and an honest review.

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