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lauraborkpower's review against another edition
3.0
There is something poetic about Dexter's "dark passenger" that I quite liked and once I got over the completely absurd plot, I did get into the book. It's a super fast read, and the ending as absurd as the premise, but somehow that's okay--the absurdity is so over the top that you stop caring and just go with it. The narrator is good and the audiobook is only about seven hours. I might listen to more of these if I have some time to kill (ha).
cormoranlucreade's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
lethaldose's review against another edition
3.0
Like many people I read this book because I am a huge fan of the tv show. All my favorite characters were here and the story is basically the first season of the series.
I have seen movies that were just as good as the books, but here is a case where the show far outstrips the book. The characters are basically the same, but they are better in the show. Dexter is a show where you love the characters in spite of their major flaws. Here every character other than Dexter himself are very uninteresting.
But the story should have been bette too because it is the story from the show, but it really isn't. There is none of the flavor here, and apparently the series writers are more clever than Jeff Lindsay because the came up with better spins on the story than he did. And the end of the first season of Dexter was very satisfying, here the end of the book is aggravating and cheap.
This is not to say that this is a bad book, it isn't, but I think most people are coming to this book because they are fans of the show. And that might not be a good reason, because like the book fan that gets upset when the movie doesn't live up to the book, here is a book that doesn't live up the show.
I am not sure at this point if I will bother continuing with the book series, maybe I will just stick with the Michael C Hall Dexter, and leave the Jeff Lindsay Dexter on the shelf.
I have seen movies that were just as good as the books, but here is a case where the show far outstrips the book. The characters are basically the same, but they are better in the show. Dexter is a show where you love the characters in spite of their major flaws. Here every character other than Dexter himself are very uninteresting.
But the story should have been bette too because it is the story from the show, but it really isn't. There is none of the flavor here, and apparently the series writers are more clever than Jeff Lindsay because the came up with better spins on the story than he did. And the end of the first season of Dexter was very satisfying, here the end of the book is aggravating and cheap.
This is not to say that this is a bad book, it isn't, but I think most people are coming to this book because they are fans of the show. And that might not be a good reason, because like the book fan that gets upset when the movie doesn't live up to the book, here is a book that doesn't live up the show.
I am not sure at this point if I will bother continuing with the book series, maybe I will just stick with the Michael C Hall Dexter, and leave the Jeff Lindsay Dexter on the shelf.
waniasajid's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
alindeman's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
dhasenkampf's review against another edition
3.25
Pretty good. A little ridiculous but still engaging.
thinkingbookishthoughts's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
skarijay's review against another edition
4.0
An enjoyable, quick read, quite similar to the series. I pretty much immediately started the second one after the first I liked it so much.
em_i_a's review against another edition
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
I think this was a good introduction to Dexter, I went through this book fairly quickly more because I had to know what happened next. It’s an easy read, not too dark, and it veers away from the show.