Customer Reviews
couldn't put down - By: dizzylizzy, 19 Nov 2008 
I loved this book & having read it felt compelled to buy the other two... my other half is not a reader but boy did he read this in record time... can't wait for book 4 next year! Dark humor at its best! TV serious is pretty darn good too...
Dexter a neat monster - By: J. Gradwell, 02 Nov 2008 Okay I admit i got this because of the tv series & I wish people would stop trying to say one is better than the other BOTH are great verisons of Dexter.
Dexter is a great read & you wont be able to put it down it is very dark grity & at the same time filled to the brim with dark comady. I would say that even like me you watch the tv show first that there is other things in this that make it well worth the read. I hope that the fact it has had bad reviews wont put you off because you will be missing out.
----Alex Gradwel/Venomthevil----
Loved the TV Show - By: D R Jones, 23 Sep 2008 ... Books are even better. Simple as that. If You enjoyed the show the books are the icing on the cake. Ok technicallly the other way round, but I went from the shows to the books. Well worth it.
Wow! - By: H. Butler, 04 Sep 2008 I read this book after I saw the TV show, & the programme is almost exactly based on this book (except the ending!). I think it is a true testiment to a brilliant novel for TV producers to not have to change a thing (except the ending!).
Laborious yet entertaining - By: Galileo, 20 Aug 2008 
As a story & an idea this is a book that leaves many others trailing in its wake. However, where other books catch up & surpass this one is through the writing itself.
A serial killer with a difference is a novel & original idea yet a difficult one also as there are many roads to be chosen & much to explain. This story moves at varying paces throughout & often leaves a lot of confusion & questioning. Scenes of suspense often take too long to be acted out yet scenes of monotonous unimportance take quite the opposite. Character interaction is below par, even for Dexter himself, who of course needs little & many possible avenues of investigation go overlooked. From this I would also say that the book itself is far too short & would be much better placed as a longer novel.
Despite this it cannot be denied that the story as a whole is a good read & if you have the time it is a book which should be tried by everyone.
