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Dexter In The Dark

Author: Jeff Lindsay
Publisher: Orion
Category: Book

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Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars

14 reviews
Sales Rank: 63054

Media: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.3

ISBN: 075288509X
EAN: 9780752885094
ASIN: 075288509X

Publication Date: October 3, 2007
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1 out of 5 stars

Demonically Disapointing Dexter May 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

The First Dexter novel was a good intro to a nice slant on the genre. The second expanded the first into true American Gothic territory. The third... instead of continuing the internal voice of Dexter in exploring modern alienation, it cops out utterly. Dexter is not an amoral nihilistic ubermensch,damaged by the trauma of 20th century existence & trying to find a reason... NO, just someone possessed by a demon. How mundane. A very disapointing read. I only hope the sublime TV series does not follow in this sasquatch of a footstep.

1 out of 5 stars

Oh Dear, Oh Dear, Oh Dexttterrrrrr. April 21, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful

I read all three books back to back and I thought the first was a decent read, not amazing but decent. The second was ok but the third was absolute tripe. What the hell happened with this sudden and unexpected change of direction into the absurd? There were always unlikely elements in the first two books but book three really has raised the bar for complete nonsense. Even the character of Dexter has turned into an obnoxious, wannabe smart ass. I found myself wanting him to meet a rather nasty end. This took away from the interesting questions raised in the last two books like `why am I cheering on a serial killer'. No such worries in this book.

I get the impression the author read a few books along the lines of 'The Da Vinci Code' or 'The Historian'. He seems to have been inspired by the idea of researching something found in historical text and putting a fictitious spin on it. The problem here is the research appears to be less than thorough. The whole supernatural element has been roughly put together without any real thought and doesn't at all fit with the universe Dexter originally existed in.

God this book really annoyed me. It's one of those books, when finished, you feel like you've wasted a small part of your life. Save your cash and spend it on the DVD seasons instead. I hope the TV series doesn't follow suit and stray into the twilight zone too. I have a feeling the writers involved there might just see what a damn mess it would make of things.

3 out of 5 stars

Deeply disapointing dexter April 3, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful

Loved the first 2 books and the TV series I've become a real Dexter buff, but this lets Dexter off the hook by saying he's possessed. Really Jeff The thing about Dexter is that he's the man next door, not some supernaturally motivated killer.The plot would have been great if he did not try to connect the Dark Passenger to the supernatural. Read it if you must but I'm binning mine in the hope that book 4 gets back to our Dearly Disturbed Dexter, the one we love.

3 out of 5 stars

not as good as first two books March 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I must admit, I came into the Dexter universe from the TV series. I loved it and wanted to know more, so naturally I picked up the books (the first two). I loved them, but I did prefer the second book to the first - probably because I actually preferred the TV series to the first book - it seemed to make more sense and flow better, which is saying something because I rarely prefer TV or film to the actual books they're based on. So naturally when the third book came out I couldn't wait to get my hands on it. Having just finished reading it, I must admit that the format is different to the previous books. It is much less your standard crime thriller with the Dexter twist, its almost more of a horror, with the idea of the God. However having started my forray into reading on the likes of Stephen King and Dean Koontz I did still enjoy it, although not quite as much as the others. My advice would be that if you are a fan of Dexter, you cannot help but read this book and there are many parts of it which will give the reader further insight into how he came to be and exactly what his Dark Passenger is, but I must admit a curiosity as to exactly where the author will go from here. Personally I hope it is back to the original format, as that worked for me and made me laugh about things I really shouldn't laugh about - but hey. That's just Dexter.

3 out of 5 stars

Baffled by the change of direction March 21, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful

I thoroughly enjoyed the first two Dexter books (and am enjoying the TV series too). I was baffled by this third book however. I kept expecting the apparently supernatural events to have some logical explanation. Demonic possession belongs in Dennis Wheatley novels. OK, so I enjoy reading those too. But if a human explanation is given during the first two books, why suddenly change tack? I liked Dexter as a flawed human, not as some sort of mystical symbiosis. The redeeming feature of the book is the writing style, which is unchanged and is a joy. I love the bit where someone asks Dexter if he's the police and he replies "not all of them". The book was worth reading, but but I can't understand what the author was trying to achieve.