The readers often have to take a step back and remind themselves that what Dexter is doing is cruel and generally frowned-upon by society. In fact, he flat out admits that his actions are wrong, yet they seem completely reasonable.

Dexter is engaging and almost understandable. Lindsay does a terrific job at taking a character whom the reader should absolutely hate and turning him into someone they sympathize with. The criminal isn’t cryptic, and his motives aren’t incomprehensible, which is often the case in the average crime show or novel. Reading from the point of view of the criminal is a vastly different experience. Darkly Dreaming Dexter is the exact opposite its narrator is serial killer Dexter Morgan. Most crime novels and shows come from the point of view of the cop chasing a criminal. Luckily for these unsatisfied crime enthusiasts, author Jeff Lindsay offers an intriguing and unusual alternative in the first book of the Dexter series, Darkly Dreaming Dexter. Some fans don’t mind, but others are starting to get bored. Some horrible criminal commits a heinous crime leaving the cops disgusted, confused, and determined to catch him the only variety is the varying degrees of how disturbing the crime is and mentally messed-up the psychopath may be. Intrigued that the other killer favours a style similar to his own, Dexter soon realises that the mysterious new arrival is not simply invading his turf but offering him a direct invitation to 'come-out-and-play'.There so many crime shows and novels in circulation these days, and they all seem to have the same general plot line. However, Dexter's well-organised life is suddenly disrupted when a second, much more visible serial killer appears in Miami. And while that may lead some people to assume he's not such a nice guy, he tempers his insatiable hunger for brutality by only killing the bad guys. So far, he's killed 36 people and has never been caught because he knows exactly how to hide the evidence. Despite the fact that he can't stand the sight of blood and works as a blood-spatter analyst for the Miami police.īut Dexter also has a secret: he is an accomplished serial killer. At heart, he's the perfect gentleman: he has a shy girlfriend and seems to lead a quiet, normal life bordering on mundane. Introducing Dexter Morgan, a serial killer to fall in love with.ĭexter Morgan isn't exactly the kind of man you'd bring home to mother.

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