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Oct 23, 2011

Lou rated it:

Dexter the man who finds it hard to feel, in this story Dexter does not get down bloody and as dark as i have seen on the tv-series or read in Darkly Dreaming Dexter. He plays the role well as a caring brother and as a family man and loves kids but as he tries to keep up with the crowd his sociopath personality is dying to kill. To kill those who hurt children and the rest of the scum that live on the grid. He is a superhero of modern times a sort of Robin Hood that robs the evil from the street More...

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Dec 16, 2009

Michael rated it:

Dexter is an interesting character. However, Lindsay is not a particularly strong writer. These books would probably work better as pure character studies, because the thriller elements don't work. Everything wrapped up too quickly, and there were some big jumps (Deb and Kyle? I had to go back and look to make sure I hadn't missed a few chapters where they suddenly became attached). I may read the next book this summer just to see what happens with Dexter and Cody, but I hope the story is b More...

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Feb 02, 2012

Kate rated it:

Dexter, America's favorite serial killer, is on the trail of another serial killer when one of his coworkers, Sargeant Doakes, decides to follow Dexter around, waiting for him to screw up. While Dexter pretends to be the perfect boyfriend, hanging out at Rita's and drinking beer and putting on a show for Doakes, he really wants to be hunting down the other half of a pedophile duo. Then a bizarre murder rocks the Miami homocide department, and Doakes especially. Doakes has some connections to More...

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Dec 16, 2009

Trin rated it:

Oh, why do I do these things to myself? I knew from reading Darkly Dreaming Dexter last November that I really preferred the TV show to the books, but curiosity won out and I read the second novel anyway. Big mistake. While Dearly Devoted is actually in many ways a better book than Darkly Dreaming—it’s way less rushed, for one, and funnier—it is so deeply disturbing that I’m still feeling freaked out several days after finishing it. And not in a fun way. The show, yes, is also disturbing—but it More...

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Aug 15, 2011

Nicholas rated it:

In my opinion, this book was much better than the first novel. Although a lot of my opinion is based on the fact that I knew the entire plot of the first book before I even read one page.
The writing in this book is clever, intelligent, and funny. I know this doesn't seem like things which go with a book series about a serial killer. But, this novel was at times hilarious. Besides the comedic relief the author provides with this novel, there are parts in the book which are entirely bone- More...

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Jul 02, 2008

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Jan 25, 2012

Megan rated it:

So it seems that Dear Dark Dexter has become poorly written, zero character development Dexter. Even worse, he is surrounded by static characters, cops who are strangely uninterested in doing police work, and people who actually form a conga line at at bachelor party. Really, who does that???

I think that in the hands of a better writer this story could be so much better. (After all, the show is filled with an amazing cast of characters.) Unfortunately, in the books author Jeff More...

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Aug 05, 2008

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Apr 18, 2009

Brooke rated it:

As I'd expected to, I quickly devoured the second Dexter novel today while enjoying the long-missed sunshine on my back porch. I'm not quite as delighted with it as I was with book #1. I still laughed a lot, but the narration wasn't quite as whimsical and delightful as before.

However, I'm feeling something I didn't before - interest in where the plot's going. I really liked the surprise surrounding Cody, which is definitely a different angle than the show took. I'm eagerly looking f More...

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Mar 19, 2009

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Jan 25, 2009

Barky rated it:

Dexter and his dark passenger are back in this sequel to Darkly Dreaming Dexter. This time he’s on the trail of a terrible sociopath who takes the body parts of his victims without taking their lives – leaving mewling, horrible, barely-human torsos behind. Dexter and his sister Deborah are drawn into the case even deeper when Deborah’s love interest is also taken by the sociopath. In order to find the missing man, Dexter convinces Sergeant Doakes (his arch nemesis) to act as bait. Doakes is More...

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Jan 11, 2009

Jaemi rated it:

I find Dexter to be a really likable guy, despite his serial killer nature. I'm interested to see where the TV show has gone in its second chapter, as it didn't stick with the books. After reading the story, I can see how it might be extremely traumatic if translated to television, though with the amount of violence people watch today, I'm not sure it really would have mattered.

This installment centers around relationships, and a mystery killer who enjoys mutilating and dicing his vi More...

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Feb 05, 2012

Robert J. rated it:

The second in the adventures of Dexter Morgan, blood-spatter analyst for the Miami police by day, cheerful serial killer of unpunished murderers by night, is one of the better Dexter books. Lindsay is at the top of his game, balancing grisly dismemberments with Dexter’s adopted domestic life, seasoned with his view-from-the-outside observations about humanity.

There’s a new monster in Miami who’s performing surgery on unwilling patients, trimming off unnecessary parts, like arms and More...

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Nov 14, 2011

Courtney rated it:

I don't love the writing but I do love the idea and that's what makes this a page turner.

I haven't yet watched the TV series but it's on my list. This book and the first attracted me as a lover of crime, true crime and procedural thrillers. Having already learnt a lot about psychopaths and the nature of serial killers some of this book was a bit 'basic' and I found Jeff Lindsay would dwell on some of the more obvious traits of a serial killer such as their lack of empathy and inabilit More...

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Aug 15, 2011

Lisa rated it:

Can I really describe a book about a murderous sociopath as fun? Yes!

In book 2, Dexter returns. He's a 30-ish forensics specialist with the Miami police department, who happens to have a Dark Passenger. Some disturbing incident in his early childhood left him different. Only his adopted father Harry can take credit for his seemingly normal appearance. Harry taught him to blend in and use his dark side for the good - to take out those that escape the law.

In this book, De More...

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Aug 09, 2011

Aimee added it

Nice! The first book was mildly entertaining but I found the writing there to be....like getting there but not quite there yet. But this second book, wow, it just seemed to snap into place! It has everything that makes it a great mystery thriller:
- an adventure w investigation and interrogation (not quite there in the 1st book)
- Dexter's cool superiority that i TOTALLY find charming (was not as charming in the 1st)
- an unexpected wedding proposal
- and I must add - a car cha More...

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Feb 22, 2011

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Dec 30, 2010

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Oct 24, 2010

Nicole rated it:

If you’re the type of person who is heavily sheltered against violence or any sort of unpleasantry in the “outside” world, I’m sure you’ll find Dearly Devoted Dexter a refreshing experience. Let me warn you – with all the severing of body parts (yet interestingly bloodless gore) in the book, you’ll never play Hangman the same way again. What a difference one wrong letter can make.

Jeff Lindsay gives Dexter, the clever and charming killer of bad guys, an intriguing voice. Unlike the More...

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Oct 21, 2010

Darren rated it:

Dearly Devoted Dexter written by Jeff Lindsay is a great book to read. The book follows a serial killer, Dexter, who works for the Miami Police and only kills people who are other serial killers. Even though Dexter is a serial killer, I find him easy to like because of the way he thinks and acts. For example, I find it really interesting that Dexter talks to his “other’ self, the Dark Passenger, when he wants to kill someone or he finds something of interest that is related to a murder.
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Aug 16, 2010

Rhiannon rated it:

Doakes is on to Dexter. The havoc this will create is the basis of book two and the cause of a large proportion of the action. While being tailed Dexter has to stay as annoyingly normal as possible, which ends up meaning endless visits to Rita's while planted on her couch drinking beer or playing kick the can with the neighborhood kids. Mix the normal with a new serial killer and you have the recipe for Jeff Lindsay's second book Dearly Devoted Dexter.

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Jun 24, 2010

Rachel rated it:

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Mar 10, 2010

Mikjustik rated it:

Dearly Devoted DEXTER
By: Clive T.
The Pleasure the novel Dearly Devoted Dexter has given me is the images of brutality that will forever stay in my head. The author Jeff Lindsay describes each horrific scene with such detail it were to feel that you are actually watching a movie of total gore and terror. As fond as I am of a great horror movie, I never imagined myself to be reading a novel of this genre because I am not much of a fan of books, but after finishing this novel I have a More...

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Aug 24, 2009

Travis rated it:

Brutal...and I like it. I like reading the growth of an artist so closely together. Taking just a week off, or so, from reading the first book I instantly jumped into the second. And with the end of the first book leading me to believe that the book and show would take different roads within the first chapter I knew I was reading something new. And once the first "crime" is discovered I realized that this book was taking me down a brutal mystery and it was a great trip. I like tha More...

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Dec 28, 2011

Stephen rated it:

After straying from the chronology of the first book in the first season, any subsequent Dexter books must be taken as an alternate reality timeline.

The printed Dexter is more mystical, darker and and more insane than the video Dexter and more addicted to alliteration and bad jokes. However, if the reader can get past that, these books do have a certain appeal. It's a look inside an irregular mind, and sometimes one can gain a fresh perception of things only by stepping outside the More...

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Jul 31, 2011

Mia rated it:

I'm giving this 3 stars because I finished it in a day and that must mean something, right? Still, I'm just not sure what I think about this 2nd book. I found the 1st book funny and gruesome in an innocent sort of way - but this follow up was darker, funny, yes but decidedly darker.
And I have questions left over from Darkly Dreaming...1)What kind of father(and a cop) teaches his son how to be a successful serial killer?
2)What kind of sister(and a cop)turns her head?
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Mar 06, 2011

Samantha rated it:

Although I read the first book a year ago, I have kept watching the TV series and though I might breeze through the books as well to keep up my Dexter fix. After the first book, novel and TV plotlines went their separate ways with only a few plot points in common. Unfortunately, the different levels of experience between novelist and screenwriter are apparent in Jeff Lindsay's second book of the series. While still worth reading, few of the supporting characters hold any interest as actual peopl More...

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Nov 22, 2010

♥Xeni♥ rated it:

So, I'm not sure whether or not I liked this one better than the first book. Lets analyze.

Plot: Much more interesting this time around. The murderer was especially unique (a surgeon who is so skilled as to remove the eyelids of a human without causing other damage, and leaving the patient alive) but the last book did have that whole familial aspect which made a nice circle (although I find that the TV show connected that one a bit better.)

Characters: Deeply demented Dexte More...

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Feb 01, 2010

Nielam rated it:

kayaknya ada yang salah deh sama otak gue..soalnya gue suka banget sama si dexter ganteng ini.
pertama mau baca,sempet deg2an karena punya pegnalaman buruk sama terjemahannya dastan,tp ternyata buku ini ga begitu buruk...dan si penerjemah lumayan bisa menjaga karakter dexter.

jadi ceritanya,ada mantan tentara amerika yang mau membalas dendam sama teman2nya dulu yang sudah menyerahkan dia ke pihak musuh.sadisnya,si tentara ini yang punya nick name dr.danco punya hobi yang agak2 mi More...

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Jul 24, 2009

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