325 reviews for:

Dexter by Design

Jeff Lindsay

3.56 AVERAGE

makeshift_human_'s review against another edition

4.0

dark funny tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

brittanyk70's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

belwood303's review against another edition

3.0

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Killer ending, or is that masterful? One of my favorite things is how Dexter gets out of situations in spite of his best intentions. Dirty pleasure for sure.

johnny92m's review

3.0

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A thoroughly entertaining and well written, if not wildly fanciful and highly illogical caper in the Dexter series! An interesting premise takes one too many convenient turns for my liking, but the prose of Dexter is as charming as ever. This book felt more like an almost 300 page set up for what is to come, but the writing makes the journey almost not a slog.

ryoko20042's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

hollyberry_books's review against another edition

4.0

dark funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sophieamreacher's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark funny mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Slow in the middle but enjoyed Dexter being dumbfounded, good ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

mandayo91's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kudzukingdom's review against another edition

4.0

dark funny tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

allison_e_smith's review

3.75

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced