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3.56 AVERAGE
3.56 AVERAGE
It was so good to read Dexter again. Such wonderful wit. The kids needing a bathroom break before the final confrontation? Ha! The ending seemed rushed, but overall, great fun.
Definitely better than book 3.
Summary: After a joyous honeymoon in Paris, Dexter is feeling pretty normal. But when a corpse is found displayed on a Miami beach, Dexter realizes another killer is on the loose. Dexter ponders the value of art, but of course must take matters into his own hands when his family and hidden identity are threatened with exposure.
Summary: After a joyous honeymoon in Paris, Dexter is feeling pretty normal. But when a corpse is found displayed on a Miami beach, Dexter realizes another killer is on the loose. Dexter ponders the value of art, but of course must take matters into his own hands when his family and hidden identity are threatened with exposure.
3.5/5.0. This is my first "Dexter" book, and I was a little disappointed by the lack of any real menace, horror or fearsome scenes. But I loved the language - like P. G. Wodehouse writing murder mysteries - and the detective-story aspect of the story was quite fun. The corpses found in the story are also suitably gruesome. I'll probably be trying other Dexter books sometime soon.
Jeff Lindsay is one messed up dude. That's the only excuse I can think of for such an insane book! It did explore the question about what really constitutes "art", and it's interesting to see how the Dexter books are so completely different from the tv series. Fun mind candy.
There are very few things that actually creep me out. I mean things that bother most people, I wouldn't even bat an eyelash at. Take me to a horror movie where everyone is freaking out at the gore being depicted on screen and I don't even bat an eyelash. Take me to a movie where the main characters are professing their undying love for one another while gazing into each others eyes and I am most likely to cover my eyes in horror. Yes, I know it's weird, but that is just the way I am. Having said that this book had some scenes that just made me my skin crawl, Jennifer's Leg being just one of them.
In Dexter by Design we once again have the return of our favourite serial killer and his dark passenger. Gone is the hapless Dexter that we saw in the previous book when confronted by something more sinister than himself. We catch up with Dexter as he is on his honeymoon in Paris with the ever annoying Rita. While he is unable to indulge in his favourite hobby during his vacation, he does find some rather interesting and disturbing performance art to pass the time.
Upon his return from Paris, Dexter is immediately confronted with some very, very different homicides that are a bit puzzling to him. While once again trying to help his ever ungrateful and self-absorbed sister Deborah, Dexter ends up getting himself in a bit of hot water while finding out that not all objects in the mirror are as they appear.
This was a different, but enjoyable version of Dexter. It was nice to see him back to his old self, but at the same time being kept on his toes and realizing that sometimes he is his own worst enemy.
In Dexter by Design we once again have the return of our favourite serial killer and his dark passenger. Gone is the hapless Dexter that we saw in the previous book when confronted by something more sinister than himself. We catch up with Dexter as he is on his honeymoon in Paris with the ever annoying Rita. While he is unable to indulge in his favourite hobby during his vacation, he does find some rather interesting and disturbing performance art to pass the time.
Upon his return from Paris, Dexter is immediately confronted with some very, very different homicides that are a bit puzzling to him. While once again trying to help his ever ungrateful and self-absorbed sister Deborah, Dexter ends up getting himself in a bit of hot water while finding out that not all objects in the mirror are as they appear.
This was a different, but enjoyable version of Dexter. It was nice to see him back to his old self, but at the same time being kept on his toes and realizing that sometimes he is his own worst enemy.
It veered off course from the series at Book 1 but I didn't care because I enjoyed the books just as much as the show. Some of the departures with the dark passenger, Doakes, and the kids are still highly entertaining. I read reviews prior just for an idea of the reception of the books and it seems if you don't like dry sarcastic humor you wont like these books. I am enjoying them via audio and the author is the narrator and I swear he sounds like Michael C. Hall, the actor who played Dexter in the series, which made it even more enjoyable. On to #5!
Brilliant, loved this, my favourite of the 4 Dexter books so far.
Can't wait now for the 5th book, judging by the way this book has ended. It should be good.
Can't wait now for the 5th book, judging by the way this book has ended. It should be good.
No wonder the show went off the hinges. I think that between the last two of these books I'm done with this series.
And another vaguely dissociated story from Dexter. I am enjoying them, but really feel like I am in the odd situation where the tv series has the more compelling character. What's up with that? That *never* happens!
For those watching the series, Dexter's dead father talks to him in much the same way his Dark Passenger communicates with him in the books, although the latter does not use words.
For those watching the series, Dexter's dead father talks to him in much the same way his Dark Passenger communicates with him in the books, although the latter does not use words.