Bloom's Desk by Jeffrey Littorno

"Glen Davis, a young, enthusiastic teacher at a Northern California high school, finds his life intertwined with the spirit of a long dead serial killer. As Davis fights to regain his freedom from the grip of the dead, he is forced to confront many questions. Not the least of which are questions regarding his own sanity."
(Description by Author on Amazon.com)

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My Blurb:

Glen Davis prepares for another year as a High School English teacher. In his classroom sits a beautiful antique desk. A desk that makes Glen hear voices in his head. A desk that takes over his body and leaves him with no memory.

The desk hosts the spirit of a previous High School English teacher turned Serial Killer. In order to take back his life, Glen must help the evil spirit. In his case Glen must murder.

Lets Talk About It:

The idea of the book was very intriguing however the actual story was a bit disappointing for me.

I took quite awhile for me to fully get into the book. I'm talking at least 50 pages before I finally got hooked. A lot of the earlier part of the book was background on the Character and building the case of mental illness/erratic behavior. I think it was right about 100 pages in were things really started to happen. Though even when things started happening it was all a bit lackluster. I was expecting and hoping for more.

I mean here is this opportunity with a Teacher being haunted by a Serial Killer. Endless opportunity for mayhem and yet the story doesn't develop. Glen never gets the chance to free himself from the spirit. The truth never gets told. It's as if the books ends without a real resolution.

I also noticed the glaring hole that was left with Glens wife. She left to go back to Korea for her brothers funeral and then all of a sudden there is no mention of her until the end of the book.

All in all the book was mildly entertaining and eerie in certain parts. 

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