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Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Jeff Lindsay


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Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Jeff Lindsay

 
Description: ISBN 0752865749 / Genre: Crime / Thriller

Newest Review: ... ok then! I suppose it helps the reader to like Dexter as a character despite the things he does. Dexter is some sort of ... more

 ... psychopath or sociopath (I'm not really sure if he'd actually fit that diagnosis, I'm not a medical professional) and doesn't have normal human feelings and emotions. However he is quite fond of his sister Deb who is the only person on earth who cares about him. His adoptive parents (Deb's biological parents) have both died. Dexter was close to his adoptive father Harry who also worked for the police (and Deb does too), but who knew about Dexter's tendency to wanting to kill. As the story progresses we lean about ...more

marymoose
Crowned Review Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Jeff Lindsay: Dear Dark Dexter... (1000 words)
by - written on 02/12/09 (Very useful, 112 readings)
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---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 ...  Read the complete review

CPTDANIELS
Premium Review Dysfunctional Dexter (1540 words)
by - written on 01/08/09 (Very useful, 136 readings)
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==Background:== About nine months ago I read my first novel by Jeff Lindsay featuring an usual character called Dexter. I was unsure to be honest what I thought of it, so I was keen to try another one and see if the writers' style either grew on me or turned me off his work completely. Admittedly it took me long enough to get round to it. Since then I have even seen an episode of this on television. ==About the author:== Jeff Lindsay was born in America on July 14th 1952. However I should point out this is not his real name, that is Jeffry P. Freunlich. He is best known for his Dexter series of novels, which have now very successfully ...  Read the complete review

blackviolets
Premium Review Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Jeff Lindsay: Dexters Darkness (445 words)
by - written on 03/05/09 (Very useful, 24 readings)
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I said in a previous review of Jeff Lindsays' books on Dexter that I would have to read some of the others in the right order to see if it made it any better. Loe and behold I have kept my sacred promise and surprisingly enough I have actualy changed my mind about it. You may have heard of the series which is one of the best american dramas going around at this moment in time. Don't let that stop you from reading this book though, because although it is just as good! Dexter Morgan is a blood spatter pattern analyst. Basically meaning he looks at how blood is positioned after a murder to work out the basics as to where the killer may have stood ...  Read the complete review

dyllymoo
Premium Review Darkly Dreaming Dexter (505 words)
by - written on 05/11/08 (Very useful, 54 readings)
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Having watched the television series, Dexter recently I came across the book and decided to give it a whirl. Darkly Dreaming Dexter is a book by Jeff Lindsay and is about Dexter Morgan, a serial killer. Dexter cannot control the fact that he needs to kill. He calls the force that drives him to kill his Dark Passenger, and when the Dark Passenger is awake he has no say in the matter. Dexter was fostered at 3 years old by Harry Morgan and his family. Harry was a cop, a very good one, and soon realised Dexter was "different". Instead of turning him in, Harry made Dexter promise to only kill those who "deserved it", and to be ...  Read the complete review

dididave
Premium Review Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Jeff Lindsay: Fresh Blood shows promise (469 words)
by - written on 29/11/04 (Very useful, 71 readings)
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Darkly Dreaming Dexter is my favourite kind of book...a free one! Received as a mystery gift from a book club I approached this crime/thriller with some trepidation. It was by Jeff Lindsay, a new author I had never heard of in a genre I find rarely engages. Luckily for me this is not your typical crime/thriller (if it had been I would not have got halfway). This is largely down to the main protagonist of the novel Dexter. This dark anti-hero is a Blood Analyst for the Police and serial killer. Fortunately, he only kills what his Uncle Harry called " The Bad People". Dexter becomes fascinated when; another serial killer announces himself to ...  Read the complete review

 

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