Dexter in the Dark: A Novel | 
pickThis is the third book in the series and there is a typo in the quote from The New York Times Book Review. That‘s not my review it‘s just me being annoyed. I watched the first six seasons of Dexter when it was streaming on Amazon Prime Video but now it‘s back on Showtime and I can‘t watch the other seasons. I listened to the first book in the series in 2020, but it‘s just this year that I‘ve started listening to the other books. I have to (cont)⬇️
CatLass007 say that what happened to Sergeant Doakes in the TV show was not nearly as horrible as what happened in the books. I‘ve started to notice some annoying things in the books. The books are narrated by the author. Dexter tells his story in the first person and at other times refers to himself as Dexter. He refers to his Dark Passenger as another character. And in this book the Dark Passenger actually becomes a different entity. I don‘t know (cont)⬇️ 12mo
CatLass007 what point the author is trying to make with all his talk of the “elder god,” Molok. When Dexter sees the first two victims, the Dark Passenger becomes terrified and runs away and hides, recognizing that it is the work of a Dark Passenger who is much more old and powerful than Dexter‘s Dark Passenger. So are we really supposed to believe that the other Dark Passenger is the 3,000 year old god Molok? Are we supposed to believe that Dexter (cont)⬇️ 12mo
CatLass007 is possessed by a demon? I enjoy almost every genre there is but when this book goes on a totally different tangent than the first two books, I find myself more than a little annoyed and confused. I‘m still giving this a pick because what‘s going on inside Dexter‘s head is still creepy and darkly humorous. 12mo
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CatLass007 I‘m also noticing that almost every female character has a really nasal voice, except for Rita. Astor and Debra sound exactly alike, nasal and angry. 12mo
Larkken I read this one this year too and agree, some of the wider implications of the Molok thing made me uncomfortable. I did enjoy it while I was listening though, even if it got a little long. And poor Doakes!! 12mo
CatLass007 @Larkken I have all the books in the series, so I‘ve decided to run through them one after another so I can scratch them off my list. I just finished the fourth one and will review it soon. I‘m not listening to the for any mystery I‘m listening to it for the twisted humor. That‘s what‘s keeping my attention. 12mo
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so-so
