Reviews

Dexter in the Dark by Jeff Lindsay

sophieamreacher's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This book was a lot slower and more supernatural than the other books. Still good but just took a bit longer for me to get through. Good ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

julia_nugent's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.75

brandihardison's review against another edition

2.0

I listened to this as an audiobook on Audible. Did I listen to all the Dexter series, yes. Did the narration SUCK?? YES. These probably would’ve been much better if I would’ve actually physically read the books instead of listening to Jeff Lindsay’s awful narration, but ya live and ya learn.

aesmit43's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

3.75

pbgurczak123's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

gwynnfox's review against another edition

'blah blah" said Dex.
"Blah blah" said Deb
Over and over and over the word "said" is used back to back to back. 8 lines in a back and forth conversation said said said.
Also, every other chapter Dex needed extra food because of his amazing awesome metabolism? It doesn't need to be mentioned this often..

andrea_loves_books_and_cats's review against another edition

3.0

A great filler read to the Dexter series. There were some parts of the story where I felt lost and it lagged on for too many pages but it was interesting to make the connections for this crime scene case. Overall I think this story was a filler book as a part of the series in order to help Dexter gain a sense of normalcy and family connection with the kids. Although still well written and gives each character a chance to shine and develop.

mandayo91's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

brucerobertson's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

julipetric's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75