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3.39 AVERAGE
3.39 AVERAGE
As with the other books in the series, it is written with a certain odd detachment. And once again, the ending comes abruptly and involves a great waving of hands to get the reader to that place. Seriously, Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies.
That being said, it was still a good story. There are other murder mystery-style authors I would recommend over Lindsay.
That being said, it was still a good story. There are other murder mystery-style authors I would recommend over Lindsay.
To the author of "Dexter's Final Cut," Jeff Lindsay, that is one hell of a cliffhanger!!
Not the best book in the series. Dexter only killed one person, and it was in haste. There was no person plastic wrapped to a table, no blood on a slide for his Rosewood box, etc. But I still enjoyed reading it. The ending was very Shakespearean. Be sure to check out the Dexter comic book series also written by Jeff Lindsay.
Dexter may be a dark and twisted serial killer, but what has made this series so compelling is that we as readers understand and connect with him on a very base level. This handsome and charming, yet inwardly awkward and oddly asexual, man intrigues us. We want to know what makes him tick, to hear what his sometimes-witty-sometimes-sinister inner voice reveals, because we see just a bit of him in ourselves.
Not so in this novel.
This time Dark, Darling Dexter displays all the immaturity, impulsiveness, immorality and shallowness of a fourteen year old hormone-imbalanced boy. He is a wholly unlikable douchebag, though for what it's worth there isn't a single likable character in the bunch. The recurring characters seem to have become caricatures of themselves: Rita stammers and achieves ludicrous levels of bubbleheadedness, Astor is Satan's seething teen daughter, Cody's personality has all but dissolved into nothingness, Debra is f*cking background noise, etc.
Even the plot seems formulaic, practically tedious, this time around. Everything is flat at best, annoying and cloying at worst. There are glimpses of decent writing -- nothing bordering on the garish grammar and awkward writing you may see in a one-star indie novel -- but I can't give this book more than two stars, and only then to acknowledge the decent polish from an experienced writer. The novel, overall, pretty much sucked.
A light bulb came on in my head when Dexter admitted at one point that his predicament resembled an "absurd teen fantasy". Indeed. I concur.
If Dexter's Final Cut is supposed to wrap things up, I wholeheartedly agree it's time to stop beating this dead, bloated and rotting horse, and move on.
As an aside, and to make matters worse, I listened to the Audible.com version, which once again, was tragically read by the author. Whatever happened to Nick Landrum, the guy who read the first few in the series? He gave Dexter a superbly intriguing and potent voice! The author, on the other hand, has been panned repeatedly for his dweeby, flimsy, breathy and weak readings, yet he keeps on keeping on, in this case hurling an otherwise barely mediocre book to the jagged rocks below.
Not so in this novel.
This time Dark, Darling Dexter displays all the immaturity, impulsiveness, immorality and shallowness of a fourteen year old hormone-imbalanced boy. He is a wholly unlikable douchebag, though for what it's worth there isn't a single likable character in the bunch. The recurring characters seem to have become caricatures of themselves: Rita stammers and achieves ludicrous levels of bubbleheadedness, Astor is Satan's seething teen daughter, Cody's personality has all but dissolved into nothingness, Debra is f*cking background noise, etc.
Even the plot seems formulaic, practically tedious, this time around. Everything is flat at best, annoying and cloying at worst. There are glimpses of decent writing -- nothing bordering on the garish grammar and awkward writing you may see in a one-star indie novel -- but I can't give this book more than two stars, and only then to acknowledge the decent polish from an experienced writer. The novel, overall, pretty much sucked.
A light bulb came on in my head when Dexter admitted at one point that his predicament resembled an "absurd teen fantasy". Indeed. I concur.
If Dexter's Final Cut is supposed to wrap things up, I wholeheartedly agree it's time to stop beating this dead, bloated and rotting horse, and move on.
As an aside, and to make matters worse, I listened to the Audible.com version, which once again, was tragically read by the author. Whatever happened to Nick Landrum, the guy who read the first few in the series? He gave Dexter a superbly intriguing and potent voice! The author, on the other hand, has been panned repeatedly for his dweeby, flimsy, breathy and weak readings, yet he keeps on keeping on, in this case hurling an otherwise barely mediocre book to the jagged rocks below.
Despite some plot holes, I really enjoyed this one. It was kind of nice to get away from the cannibals, Double Dexter and whatever Dexter in the Dark was supposed to be.
Yeah, the affair and complete detachment from his family kind of came out of nowhere since he was gushing about Lily Ann all the time in the last book and wanted to mold Astor and Cody , etc. Then again, I could do a sociopath wanting to get away from Rita and Astor - they are so annoying.
The book was action packed and I think Dexter was really dumb in this not to catch on to Robert Chase's pedophilia , but I guess he was supposed to be to enamored with Jackie.
Yeah, the affair and complete detachment from his family kind of came out of nowhere since he was gushing about Lily Ann all the time in the last book and wanted to mold Astor and Cody , etc. Then again, I could do a sociopath wanting to get away from Rita and Astor - they are so annoying.
The book was action packed and I think Dexter was really dumb in this not to catch on to Robert Chase's pedophilia , but I guess he was supposed to be to enamored with Jackie.
God. One more book and I’m done with this series. This one was hard to read. The way people talk has gotten worse and this time the story was completely predictable except for the guy who has always been able to catch these things. This didn’t even feel like part of the series at all.
adventurous
dark
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The Dexter books are really hit or miss. This one was definitely a miss. Dexter was being a major jerk most of the book and the killer was completely obvious to the reader yet went completely over his head. The one redeeming quality was an ending reminiscent of Season 4 of the TV series. Just one more book to go! Don't let me down, Jeff Lindsay...
Very different from the other books, but different isn't always bad (especially after the previous one, Double Dexter). A lot slower of a pace that had the reader paranoid about what was waiting on the next page. While I did call the plot twist fairly early on, I had no idea how it was going to end, and what a just ending to this series (10000x better than the way the tv series ended).