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I continue to enjoy this series, particularly the humor, which I haven't seen much in the TV/Netflix series.
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bought from MOTB 09/20 for upcoming signing 09/25
AUTHOR: Lindsay, Jeff
TITLE: Dexter in the Dark
Date Read: 09/20/2013
RATING: 4
GENRE/PUB DATE/PUBLISHER/# OF PGS: Crime Fiction/2007/Doubleday/302 pgs
SERIES/STAND ALONE: #3 Dexter
TIME/PLACE: Present/Miami, FL
CHARACTERS: Dexter/blood spatter analyst
FIRST LINES: What kind of moon is this? Not the bright, gleaming moon of slashing happiness, no indeed.
COMMENTS: A book that has been sitting on my shelf … interesting the receipt was still in the book. ...more
AUTHOR: Lindsay, Jeff
TITLE: Dexter in the Dark
Date Read: 09/20/2013
RATING: 4
GENRE/PUB DATE/PUBLISHER/# OF PGS: Crime Fiction/2007/Doubleday/302 pgs
SERIES/STAND ALONE: #3 Dexter
TIME/PLACE: Present/Miami, FL
CHARACTERS: Dexter/blood spatter analyst
FIRST LINES: What kind of moon is this? Not the bright, gleaming moon of slashing happiness, no indeed.
COMMENTS: A book that has been sitting on my shelf … interesting the receipt was still in the book. ...more
The third book in the series. Dexter's dark Passenger runs away when its scared by something at the scene of two bodies that have been burned with their heads cut off. Dexter spends most of the book moping around wondering where his Dark passenger has gone off to. There is some dark humor, mostly in regards to Dexter's upcoming wedding. This book was really different from the other two in the series. All of the sudden you have a Dark passenger that's a separate entity and lots of religious eleme
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Another bang-up job from Lindsay - his juxtaposition and inversion of our ideas of the mundane and the horrific is impressive indeed. Dexter's new worry is one of those perfectly creative concepts that manages to be both elegant and simple at the same time, not to mention very deftly done. But what I love most of all is the burgeoning relationship between Dexter and his soon-to-be stepkids - when an author can make you root for something that would totally terrify you in real life, you have to r
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Lindsay finds his groove with this third book in the Dexter series. Dexter's getting married, there's something off with his soon to be step-children, and we learn more about the Passenger. Oh, and of course, there's murder and mayhem.
I really enjoyed this book, and I look forward to continuing my read of the series. ...more
I really enjoyed this book, and I look forward to continuing my read of the series. ...more
Dec 02, 2009
Jen
marked it as to-read
