Jeff LindsayDexter by Design: DEXTER NEW BLOOD, the major new TV thriller on Sky Atlantic (Book Four)

L'ho comprato perché appassionato della serie televisiva DEXTER. Per gli italiani con ottima conoscenza dell'inglese lo consiglio fortemente, mentre se non si è abbastanza ferrati meglio leggere la versione in italiano in quanto lettura pesante se ogni 2 secondi bisogna capire il significato delle parole ( ricercate e specifiche ).

Yellow pages....never expected such low quality

This is a solid, great book in the Dexter series. It shifts gears in style and subject, abandoning the supernatural elements of the previous novel in the series. Really, that's for the best: if Dexter is at all realistic, human, and believable, he certainly shows it in this volume. It begins with his honeymoon in Paris with Rita, which is richly layered in both cliché and irony, and playfully detailed by a mash-up monologue of Dexter's newly-learned French and native English. Naturally, upon returning to Miami, Dexter is confronted with the hunt for a serial killer (or is it killers?) who turns corpses into artistic masterworks of macabre sadism. The hunt for the killers brings Dexter closer to Deb and her boyfriend, Chutsky, who plays a large role in the story. I think that is one of the better parts of the book; the reader gets a sense of deepening and more realistic, more human relationships between Dexter and his closest friends and family. On the flip side, however, the book fails to give a convincing motivation for the killer, and the killer's actions become more fantastically, more unbelievable, to the extent that the reader will simply have to suspend disbelief and keep reading on, knowing that what's happening is happening because it's a novel, and because the absurd killer will continue to be absurd. Once again, like the other Dexter books, nothing happens for 200+ pages, and then everything is resolved quickly in the last 30 pages. But I still recommend it because it is an enjoyable read: Dexter's narration is hypnotic and addicting, and quite frankly, if you've read the last three Dexter novels and want to read more, you will love this one no matter what. You will especially love it if "Dexter in the Dark" left you in the dark.

This instalment of the "Dexter" series is by far, the best. Why? Because it wasn't formula. While the first book was brilliant and unique, the second still wonderful, by the third book, I was finding Dexter to be a little dull. And the supporting characters too dull to prop anything up. In this book Lindsay began expanding Dexter's character. Finally, there was some growth, which is what is going to keep this character working for more books.In addition to improvements on Dexter himself, for the first time in the entire series, Lindsay seemed to remember he had other characters with personalities, stories, and depth, which might just make them more than background extras. This book finally turns a light on Deborah, and the results are spectacular, both for her, and for Dexter.

Da ich es nicht aushalten konnte zu warten bis das Buch auf Deutsch erscheint, habe ich einen Versuch gestartet und es im Orginal gekauft.Das Buch ist ein Typischer Dexter Roman sehr spannend, blutig und dennoch witzig. Wer Dexter noch nicht kennt sollte lieber erst die anderen Teile lesen, da man sonst einiges nicht sofort verstehen könnte.Ein klasse Buch für jeden der blutige Krimis über seltsamme Serienkiller mag.