4.0 out of 5 based on 7 reviews. – Customer review on 26/04/2008

The Dexter novels are the perfect anitdote to jaded monotonous serial killer fiction. Dexter narrates his misadventures trying to pass for normal while occasionally slicing and dicing deserving victims. As his wedding approaches Dexter finds himself investigating a disturbing series of killings and bewildered by the sudden silence of his voice. Darkly comic, cynical and wickedly warped.

2.0 out of 5 based on 7 reviews. – Customer review on 09/06/2010

This book is a bit different to the first two in the Dexter series. I found it to be both good and bad on different accounts. The good part was that for the first time I felt a little uneasy while reading the book because for once Dexter felt shaken and threatened and it did not seem like he could face absolutely anything. The bad part of the book was that it went a bit strange and supernatural which I did not see coming and did not really see a place for in this type of genre...so, I think some Dexter readers will be quite disappointed. I was.

3.0 out of 5 based on 7 reviews. – Customer review on 04/04/2009

Boring, slow and more than a little lost. Dexters dark passenger has fled and poor Dexter is beside himself. This book
is empty and leaves you unsatisfied and hoping dexter will kill again.

5.0 out of 5 based on 7 reviews. – Customer review on 03/02/2009

Excellent book trully loved it.
the movie is great but the book is soooooo much better I have the series on dvd and all the books I am a fan and this book does'nt dissapoint!!!!!

2.0 out of 5 based on 7 reviews. – Customer review on 30/09/2008

The series takes a turn for the worse with this addition. The characters and relationships (as seen from Dexter's skewed perspective) are all high class. Bringing the reader in and making them invest even more with the characters. However the problem with 'Dexter In The Dark" is the plot. There really isn't one. Sure... there are a series of events leading inevitably to a climax. It just isn't a very engaging or entertaining one. I found that I spent half the time wanting to put the book down because of the plot, and the other half wanting to continue reading because I wanted to know what happens with Rita (his girlfriend) and her kids, or with Deborah (his cussing sister) and the continuation of the fallout from the previous book with Sgt. Doakes.

All in all, I find it hard to recommend for new readers, but people continuing on from the previous series may want to pick it up just as a pre-cursor to the next book in the series.

4.0 out of 5 based on 7 reviews. – Customer review on 21/09/2008

This third novel in the Dexter series introduces a supernatural element, which i thought diminished the strength of the narrative somewhat. For that reason alone I would rate this as the weakest of the three, although I have at least one friend and fan of the series who disagrees and so your view may vary. Despite that quibble, the characters continue to be well developed by Jeff Lindsay, and we get inside Dexters head to an even greater extent than before. Recommended for fans of the series.

3.0 out of 5 based on 7 reviews. – Customer review on 03/07/2008

In this poor Dexter's Dark Passenger has been scared away. I was very intrigued by this notion & was looking forward to a great read, but in the end found this book lacking....something. It didn't seem to have the same dark twisted humor as the previous two Dexter's books. I dont know if this because we don't have the Dark Passenger along for the ride. Or it could be the story line of the mythology behind the existince of the Dark Passenger's. TO ME it didn't seem to have them same drive as the others. But it did have promising bits with poor Dexter trying to teach the code of Harry to Cody & Astor. Having help from Masuka in planning Dexter's wedding & the return of Doakes. Still worth a read for any Dexter fan.