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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Another fine read. So far, book 2 is my favorite Dexter book. This one added some elements to Dexter's universe that I'm not thrilled with (but won't list as they are spoilery). Weird because they are generally my cuppa tea, but here I would rather they were absent. Still the writing remains top notch, the elements don't ruin things totally :-), and the book is a fun read. ( )The best Dexter book yet. Aside from the super-natural aspect, the book spent the majority of the time on character development. Dexter, Cody and Astor are really the focal point of this outing and not Dexter's hobby which was a little refreshing. Lindsay delves in to the human part of Dexter in this instalment of the popular series. Our light-hearted serial killer finds himself alone, without the Dark Passenger, as a serial killer rages through Miami, with Dexter bizarrely caught up as usual. Passenger-less Dexter must face the world, his fiancée and the kids alone - daunting indeed. Especially for an emotionless killer. Without the Dark Passenger will emotions emerge? In The Dark is a welcome new direction for the series, offering an insight in to Dexter's psyche, however the actual plot is wafer thin and doesn't really offer much entertainment. The supernatural aspect of Lindsay's third Dexter tale is a little hard to swallow. The cynic wit and awesome wordsmithing are still here (I'm a sucker for alliteration), but there's also this tie-in side story about some sort of dark god that controls killers. Didn't really buy in to that part...I kept hoping that maybe it was going to turn out that Dexter was starting to lose his grip on reality like a real delusional serial killer would, but got left with this Molak supernatural thing. I think I would have been more accepting of the plot if it wasn't put in to the Dexter universe...supernatural events and serial killers just don't seem like good bedfellows. Dexter in the Dark by Jeff Lindsay is the third in the Dexter series. I first found out about the books when I watched Dexter, a television series now in its third season on Showtime. After watching the first couple shows, I caught the book’s title and author in the end credits and ran to my local Waldenbooks… who, unfortunately, only carried Dexter in the Dark, and, even more to my woe, have closed their doors for good, leaving my town bookstore-less. As far as writing style goes, I enjoyed Lindsay’s playful alliterations and snarky internal dialogue of the narrator: I headed out the door for my date with Deborah’s paramour.(p. 272) Lindsay also toes the line, and occasionally steps over it, with his near-offensive, non-P.C., perverse and irreverent humor, from the xenophobic, misogynistic rant of an elderly witness, to description of the intense and utter pain and agony felt by Dexter Downtroadden at the altar… awaiting his fate as if he were Dexter on Death Row. click for full review: http://thekoolaidmom.wordpress.com/20... 0.036 seconds to build listing
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0385518331, Hardcover)“One of the most likable vigilante serial killers” (The New Yorker) faces his ultimate adversary…an evil so terrifying it scares away Dexter’s inner monster—and nearly dries up his sense of humor—in this wickedly witty, darkly suspenseful novel. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:03 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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