Dexter in the Dark

Dexter in the Dark - Jeff Lindsay; 303


Next time I make the list, I need to shuffle it up before finalizing. Three murder mysteries in a row is kind of much, especially coming this soon after the Ted Bundy book.


This one wasn't bad however. It really felt like the Showtime series. At least the characters of Deborah, Dexter and Rita did. The relationship Dexter had with Rita's kids was definitely different, and kind of his relationship with Deborah was too, because it seemed she new more of his true nature than she does on TV. It probably means that I need to read the first two books in the series to see how this developed. But not this summer. After reading the book I pulled up a couple of plot summaries to make sure I didn't miss anything major, and I saw where it said this was the first Dexter book not entirely in first person Dexter point of view, as it also included sections from the point of view of The Watcher and IT. To tell you the truth, those were the sections I could have done without. And also this book was too much in Dexter's head for my tastes. I would rather the characters be doing things than one character thinking about things and me having to read his thoughts. Even though this one had a better story and better characters, I still tend more to liking Kinky's writing style more because it was straight forward plot driven, and no internal monologs.


3,312 pages in 29 days for an average of 114.20. 


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