Sinister Dexter

[guttaperk]

Thanks and congratulations to skywardprodigal, who introduced me to the TV series Dexter, which led me to Darkly Dreaming Dexter, the novel of the moment.

It's been something of a time of challenge for me over the past few months, and the novel's dark, morbid humour is right up my street.

I'm liking this book so much, I may even try to catch the series on TV...

Comments

[liveavatar]

I enjoyed Darkly Dreaming Dexter too -- am still trying to track down a copy of the sequel, Dearly Devoted Dexter, which has been sold out everywhere I've looked.

We've let the second season of Dexter stack up. I *know* it can't take the same pathway as the books. Who knows what'll be next?

[guttaperk]

I've acquired unofficial electronic copies of all three.

[loupnoir]

Loved them both. We're currently listening to "Dexter in the Dark." There's an audiobook community on LJ that had them for download. The reader is great.

So, mister mental health professional, how well does the author catch a sociopath in the novels, not the Showtime series?

[guttaperk]

Which community?

Dexter is, thus far, an amusingly unrealistic "sociopath lite", but has been cunningly done.

There's been no catching of anyone as of chapter eight.

[loupnoir]

http://community.livejournal.com/_audiobookshare/

Interesting. I've been reading a bunch of those FBI profiler books (Mindhunter, Dark Dreams, Good and Evil (dull), Sexual Homicide Patterns and Motives (better but deadly dull), A Violent Heart) and Dexter fits right in with how they describe a sociopath. However, I don't think any of them have your training, so that's why I was curious. I keep waiting for someone to ask if he wet the bed, since we've already been shown he tortured animals and is completely self-centered.

[guttaperk]

He's far too "human" with his family and with children.