David V. (dcval) reviewed on 11/29/2007 + 9 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 5

I had heard a lot of buzz about the Showtime series based on the books, so I wanted to check it out. I was greatly disappointed.

The writing seemed to be borderline amateur, at best. Here is a mix of CSI and Hannibal Lecter, but neither is well executed. The blood spatter specialist never got to show off his CSI-like skills, and that was dull. And the serial killer side of Dexter was equally a borefest. Not that I am looking for gory details of his eviscerations, but boy, the whole thing was one underwhelming book.

A quick read because I kept waiting for something INTERESTING to happen. But I can't say that anything ever did. The ending was very weak. I don't know much about this author, or whether this was his first published novel, but it sure seemed like it.

Very disappointing, all around.

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