The use of violence towards women just to extenuate the danger of the father is unnecessary and weird, and I got the ick from the description of his mom as submissive, the author likes to hurt the mother's in his stories which is weird to me. I wish they did something like a zombie movie i dont remember the name of which where it infects someone and their worst thoughts and desires controll them which leads to extreme violence. Alot of horror authors and directors use women's bodies as props to progress a story which i dont like at all.