Gettin' Around - Dexter Gordon

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... Read review

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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... Read review

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Advantages: The price of the book is bound to become very cheap very soon!
Disadvantages: completely ruins the premise of the series!

..., but one day, the monkey showed independant thought, and the entity thought, how interesting. And when traumatic things happened to us more sentient beings, these entities, as he apparently is not the only one, is able to enter our soul and become a 'dark Passenger'. From this point on, in the mind of Jeff Lindsay, that every serial killer in the world is carrying a 'Dark Passenger', it sounds a bit scientology, Thetans, to me. But if Jeff Lindsay wanted to write a scifi novel and explore his possible Scientology leanings, then he should have started another series of books around that, with different characters or at the very least, been up front with the Dexter series to begin with, I would not have wasted my time and allowed myself to become emotionallly attached to this character. Instead I am sitting here, angered that Jeff... Read review

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