Dexter in the Dark

from la_librarian

Not sure if I liked the direction of this Dexter novel. It goes off on the weird storyline of gods and rituals and spirits and supernatural stuff. The reason I've always enjoyed the series is because of the way Lindsay treats the subject of a serial killer as a damaged child who is now a sociopat...

from maughta

Still as well written as the previous two "Dexters", but the plot didn't please me. The most interesting thing about Dexter is his "Dark Passenger," so to have it missing for the majority of the book was disappointing. Couple that with a weird plot involving gods and aliens(?) and a rather boring...

from IERobP

Although I'd added it to my "never read again" shelf I probably will but only because I'll be reading the others and it's part of the series.This third book is a bit of a let down. There is a narrative going on in the back ground that is awful and really brings a whole new meaning to the book but...

from lookitisheef

The supernatural aspect of Lindsay's third Dexter tale is a little hard to swallow. The cynic wit and awesome wordsmithing are still here (I'm a sucker for alliteration), but there's also this tie-in side story about some sort of dark god that controls killers. Didn't really buy in to that part.....

from stephmo

While reading this, there was a part of me that was wondering if I was being overly harsh with the plot because Showtime has done such a phenomenal job with the adaptation. And then I remembered that a huge portion of my library has been made into movies, television shows and plays and that I've ...