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Advantages: Witty, clever and interesting Disadvantages: Some irritating characters, far-fetched in parts
WHAT IS IT:
WHAT IS IT:
Dexter is an American drama series based on the novel 'Darkly Dreaming Dexter' by Jeff Lindsay. It follows blood spatter analyst Dexter Morgan and his sister Deborah in their work in the homicide department of the Miami police department. But Dexter is leading a double life as he seeks revenge on the guilty who have escaped justice somehow. Things get even more tense for the charming sociopath as the Ice Truck Killer - whose bloodless murder victims inspire Dexter in their professionalism - starts to communicate with Dexter hinting that he knows his secret.
GOOD POINTS:
Michael C Hall is absolutely superb as Dexter and his performance gives credibility to what would otherwise be a completely ridiculous basis for a TV show. He delivers some great deadpan comedy and very rarely falls into the cliché ...
Advantages: Very funny throughout Disadvantages: storyline lacked bite and punch
funny. He lacks the social graces and quite often misjudges a serious situation such as a murder scene. Making all those around him angry or confused by his actions.
I thought the quality of the authors writing was very good. I liked his descriptions and the way he set the scenes and how he dealt with the lack of Dexter?s feelings. It amazes me the author can relate to well to this character and he makes him an amazing character and one who is different from any other I have ever known.
From that respect it was great, but I question the depth the author employed within his writing. In some ways this writing was predictable and lacked imagination when dealing with these crimes. Forgive me for saying it but in some ways his work lacked flesh on the bone, with a lack of background and solving crimes through conventional Police methods, he ...
Advantages: Interesting concept, unusual writing style Disadvantages: Perhaps a bit slow at first
This is a review originally written for dooyoo.
Intro Having decided that I needed some more books to read I consulted the charity book list at work (books for the bargain price of 25p) and came across "Darkly Dreaming Dexter". I was aware that there is a TV series called "Dexter", so consulted Amazon to see if this was the same thing, and found that it was!
I haven't ever seen the TV programme but have heard good things about it and decided to give the book a go, as I'd found that "Darkly Dreaming Dexter" was the first in the series (I didn't want to come in having missed something) which is what the first series of the TV programme was based upon.
Jeff Lindsay The author Jeff Lindsay (pen name) is American - more can be found about him here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JeffLindsay(writer) He has written ...
