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I can't believe all the bad reviews Dexter in the Dark has got, they nearly put me off of reading it! So glad I did though. I really enjoyed this book, thought it much better than Dearly Devoted Dexter. I thought the supernatural/historical twist was excellent and has brought something new to the world of Dexter. Try it for yourself, you may like it. Can't wait for the next book in the series.

Oh dear...doesn't do Dexter justice Jeff

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All I have to say has been said in other reviews, particularly about the author cashing in on the success of the series and previous books, but not really having any idea were to go. Dexter in the Dark changes genres from the first two books with appalling results. As a previous reviewer said, you can't say too much without giving away the plot, but what the author has done has removed all the uniqueness from Dexter, and made him an ordinary person facing an unusual situation. Dexter loses his charm, wit, and character and becomes boring. I've given three stars because the book was an average supernatural thriller;as one in the Dexter series though it should be given a miss. I love both the tv series, and the first two books, they compliment each other really well, even though the tv series differs in major plot lines from the books. This third book should be given a miss by anyone who likes the first two books or the series.

Oh dear...doesn't do Dexter justice Jeff!

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All I have to say has been said in other reviews, particularly about the author cashing in on the success of the series and previous books, but not really having any idea were to go. Dexter in the Dark changes genres from the first two books with appalling results. As a previous reviewer said, you can't say too much without giving away the plot, but what the author has done has removed all the uniqueness from Dexter, and made him an ordinary person facing an unusual situation. Dexter loses his charm, wit, and character and becomes boring. I've given three stars because the book was an average supernatural thriller;as one in the Dexter series though it should be given a miss. I love both the tv series, and the first two books, they compliment each other really well, even though the tv series differs in major plot lines from the books. This third book should be given a miss by anyone who likes the first two books or the series.

Deeply Disapointing Dexter

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Although Jeff Lindsay's third Dexter novel does have some of the style that made the first two enjoyable there is an irritating strand that converts this entry in the series from a crime novel to a fantasy and a somewhat trite fantasy at that. Dexter, the artificial human being, in the sense that his apparent humanity is entirely a work of artifice, continues his twin careers as serial killer of deserving victims and Miami police blood splatter specialist and adds a third as mentor and guide to the burgeoning appetites of his fiancee's children. A pair of monsters in the making. So far so good. What spoils the book is the characterisation of the serial killing tendency as something truly external. Dexter has always talked of his Dark Passenger but in this book he meets a bigger, nastier evil which gets its own PoV passages in a manner that indicates that the author expects us to take on that this is a real disembodied intelligence with the ability to possess otherwise innocent people. Dexter turns from being a psychotic vigilante to a supernatural investigator and ends up taking on a god in a climax that really doesn't fit well with the rest of the series to date.

A step backwards for Dexter

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As most of the earlier reviewers have noted, the supernatural element of this story is a big mistake. Is is certainly a load of old Molochs in comparison to the first two books. Jeff Lindsay appears to be trying to hedge his bets as to whether the demon possession is merely a figment of Dexter's imagination or actually true, but if it is imaginary the story becomes entirely implausible: why does Dexter's Dark Passenger go missing, why does he keep hearing the mystic tune, and how is he caused to black out at the most inopportune times? On the plus side Rita's kids, Cody and Astor, are the real stars of the book and the obvious - but good - plot twist should have been the main theme throughout. As the title of the next book in the series is 'Dear Daddy Dexter', I can only hope that JL sticks with this story line and returns our favourite psychopath to less esoteric forms of murder and mayhem.