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Statistics
- Title - Dearly Devoted Dexter
- Author - Jeff Lindsay
- Genre - Crime/Horror
- Publication Date - 2005 (Differnt Hardcover and Paperback dates, same year)
- Series - Dexter Series, Book #2
Preview
Life's tough for Dexter Morgan. It's not easy being the world's only seriel killer with a conscience, especially when you work for the Miami police. To avoid suspicion, Dexter's had to slip deep into his disguise: spending time with his girlfriend and her kids, slowly becoming the world's first seial killing coach potato.
Then a particularly nasty psychopath starts cutting a trail through Miami - a killer whose twisted technique leave even Dester speechless. When his sister Deborah, a tough-as-nails cop, is drawn into the case, it becomes clear that Dexter will have to come out of hiding and hunt the monster down. Unless, of course, the killer finds him first...
Review
This is the second book in the Dexter Series by Jeff Lindsay and it leaves off from where we finished from the first novel, Darkly Dreaming Dexter. All I have to say about this novel is that it is actually better than the first and follows a direction, the original direction, that the Showtime Series did not. All the other characters in this novel, besides Dexter, are developed even more than ever and that is why I like this novel too. It shows that the other characters are excellent supporting cast besides people that are just in the novel. Because of this, the crime and the case needing to be solved was better because of the other people within it. Angel Batista wasn't built up like the other characters as per say Sergeat Doakes or even Vince Masouko, but Jeff Lindsay did a fine job trying to build as many characters as he could without going over-the-top, per say transgressive novels, in this book.
I also like the interaction shown between Dexter and his adopted sister Deborah. For some reason, I think those two are going to be together because of what they both know of each other. It's just a hunch though but I could be wrong. Anyways, you learn more about the relationship these two have for each other even though it is borderline brother/sister. There seems to be some type of tension in the air that goes a bit deeper. Probably jealousy which is a huge factor in perfect relationships. However, the buffer of both Kyle Chutsky and Rita, who are the respective boyfriend or girlfriend to Dexter or Deborah, seems to offset that this plot direction will happen later if it even happens at all.
Finally, the killer is actually a lot more intriging despite who the killer was in the last novel. This one is more based from the roots of certain characters in the novel and that is why I like this one a little bit more. Also, this book was not adapted by the Showtime Series so it took a far different direction that I found more invigorating. All in all, this is one of the better books for crime and mystery with a twisted sense of dark humor. It isn't funny per say like Serge A. Storms but it is really good. This is more sophisticated dark humor instead of psycho-happy humor which I seem to ooze a lot of. An excellent borrowing book fromt he Library. Ownership is totally up to the person but I won't put down a "must-have" as per say since everyone is different.
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