Jeff Lindsay wrote
I got a job to review Jeff Lindsay's DARKLY DREAMING DEXTER.
I've only skimmed some pages of it and haven't done any
background research, but wanted to hear if Rara-avians have
anything to say about it - is it noir or hardboiled at all?
And if it is, was it any good?
IMHO,
Noir - No Hardboiled Yes Any Good? very much so. Dexter is a
serial killer who only takes out people who deserve to die.
You would not think it possible to "admire" a serial killer
but Lindsay's succeeds. His second book was not as good,
although that may be because the novelty was gone. Here is my
review of his second book posted last year on
bookbitch.com
DEARLY DEVOTED DEXTER by Jeff Lindsay: You have to give
credit to an author who can make you feel sympathetic towards
the plight of a stone cold serial killer who has to "act"
human because he has none of the normal range of emotions. In
Dexter's second outing he helps sister Deborah and the Miami
police deal with a South American monster who is now loose in
their area. In the meantime he pursues his own hobby of
providing permanent solutions to child molesters. Actually,
Lindsay doesn't really portray Dexter in a sympathetic
fashion, but more in the sense of an unemotional occurrence,
like a thunderstorm or avalanche. Dexter just happens and
while the results aren't pretty you can't really blame him,
just as you couldn't blame an errant gust of wind. In the
meantime, the police procedural written around Dexter is as
good as any. 08/05 ~This review contributed by Jack
Quick.
Alabama Jack
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