Thursday, June 25, 2009

6-19-09 Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay – Fiction

5 – I loved the TV series so I decided to check out the books.  This was like reading the entire first season of the show.  It was awesome!  The show is very true to the book with only some minor changes until the end of the book.  The book contains and expands on Dexter’s dry and ironic sense of humor and keeps his sister, Deb, the feisty underdog you love on the show.  This first book is about the search for the Ice Truck Killer and sucks the reader along for the ride.  Lindsay makes you root for one of the best antiheroes in literature: a serial killer who kills only bad guys.  Really.  Lindsay makes him so likeable because he’s not the shadowy creepy in the closet; he’s out in the daylight, living a life, and working for the Miami PD of all people as a blood spatter analyst.  Did I mention the sense of irony in the story yet?  Dexter is helping his sister with the search for a serial killer who he can’t help but admire.  A fantastic read and I’m definitely checking out the rest of the series.

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