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3.56 AVERAGE
3.56 AVERAGE
I liked this better than the previous books, although I still don't like the whole Cody and Astor thing. As for Deborah knowing about Dexter? I'm not sure I like it, but I think it's more believable than the tv series, where she hasn't a clue!
All in all, I liked the pace of this one, although my goodness, art (and art goers) can be awful!
All in all, I liked the pace of this one, although my goodness, art (and art goers) can be awful!
This is one of those impossible books to review without giving away far too much. I like the Dexter books, more than I probably should given what he is but still. The humor works for me. Harry’s Code works. I just plain like Dexter. That said…this disappointed me.
This is the fourth (I think) book in the series and it’s the book I’ve been expecting and dreading since it’s the typical detective cliché fest. It started out oddly with Dexter and the unsuspecting Rita on their Parisian honeymoon but soon enough it’s back to work and the crimes are quite inventive. Someone is doing Miami tourist ads by hollowing out dead bodies and filling them with touristy stuff like beer, scuba gear etc. That as cool.
But it derails into the clichés soon after that. Someone close to Dexter gets hurt. (Doesn’t that happen in every detective series)? Dexter wants revenge and acts impulsively. Dexter gets caught on tape (been expecting this since book one) . There is almost no mystery to this, just Dexter chasing his tail trying to get this guy before he reveals to the world what he is. But it’s already up on the web so… (a thread never dealt with). Naturally someone on the force notices it. I dunno. It wasn’t badly written. Dexter had his usual humor but without the mystery and the ending is predictable. Heck I was waiting for the never last line the entire book.
Cody and Astor (unlike on the show, last I looked) are just as sociopathetic as Dexter and they still want their training. For Cody this is training in being normal…cub scouts. Yes you can imagine this isn’t going to go well. Also we have Deb dealing with what she learned about Dexter last book. Okay, we needed that but three chapters in a row it has practically the exact same comments about it before Deb finally talks about it. It felt clunky and repetitive. Rita, who starts the book out speaking tourist French somewhere along the way loses the ability to speak a full sentence. I just didn’t enjoy this one as much as the others. That said, with the ending I definitely have to see the next one.
The series is still consistent, there was some more “emotion” in this one, if we can call it that, sadly very briefly, tho again, makes sense when your narrator is a psychopath.
The more the series goes, the more Dexter fumbles and the funnier it’s getting. Another fun book, tho a bit all over the place. I mainly wanted some more Deb basically.
*the Cuba mentions were annoying but not as annoying as in other American media, so a bit bearable.
The more the series goes, the more Dexter fumbles and the funnier it’s getting. Another fun book, tho a bit all over the place. I mainly wanted some more Deb basically.
*the Cuba mentions were annoying but not as annoying as in other American media, so a bit bearable.
Dexterino jamás decepciona. Cada vez más cerca del término de la saga. Que nervios
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
meh.. listening to these while I wait for other books from the library.
Dexter is an asshole.. lol
Dexter is an asshole.. lol
After the sideways turn of the third book, I was pleasantly surprised to find the 4th returned to a more comfortable story line.
Dexter is a forensics specialist with the Miami police department who shares his life with a dark passenger. That internal voice pushes him to the utmost violence. His adopted father coached him to act on these stirrings only against those that deserve it - proven criminals who've escaped justice.
The first two books are campy, dark, yet realistic, with Dexter and his sister detective chasing down Miami's worst. The third takes a different turn, attributing Dexter's leanings to a primordial being that possesses damaged creatures. This mystical take on Dexter's affliction strays too far from reality and throws another point of view into the story line.
This fourth book returns to Dexter chasing down a criminal, albeit without the help of his sister. The book shows some repetition with vocabulary (sibilant) and the interior monologue of Dexter. It feels like there's nothing new here. I'm moving on.
Dexter is a forensics specialist with the Miami police department who shares his life with a dark passenger. That internal voice pushes him to the utmost violence. His adopted father coached him to act on these stirrings only against those that deserve it - proven criminals who've escaped justice.
The first two books are campy, dark, yet realistic, with Dexter and his sister detective chasing down Miami's worst. The third takes a different turn, attributing Dexter's leanings to a primordial being that possesses damaged creatures. This mystical take on Dexter's affliction strays too far from reality and throws another point of view into the story line.
This fourth book returns to Dexter chasing down a criminal, albeit without the help of his sister. The book shows some repetition with vocabulary (sibilant) and the interior monologue of Dexter. It feels like there's nothing new here. I'm moving on.
I generally like Dexter and the sense of humor contained in these books, especially as Dexter tries to balance his home life and family relationships with his diametrically opposed siblings. While I do love Lindsay's dedication to these themes (where the show abandoned them), the plots are increasingly tired and predictable, just variations on a theme. Dexter by Design is well written, but not especially engaging, definitely not inventive, and I walked away with the sense I'd read it before.
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes