Dexter and Cannibals ? It should have worked together better than this. The novel equivalent of a mediocre TV episode where Dexter barely gets to kill someone and the plot makes more sudden twists than a F1 track on crack. On the other hand, the storyline between Deborah & her ex-Black Op boyfriend would've made a fine foundation to use in that hated season 8.

Be careful what to expect. The truth might hit you like a needle to the neck.

With the way the TV series declined in quality after the heights of season 4 (alltough religion and darker love interests were worth exploring) many people must've wondered how the story arch 'd have fared if Jeff Lindsay had set it in stone, much like Vince Gillighan did for Breaking Bad .

This comic offers a glimpse: based on a script by the original author and illustrated by an artist who didn't watch the series for inspiration. It shows that at least Dexter himself, Debra and Rita have a 'residual self' (cfr. the Matrix) derived from how the Lindsay novels describe them, for they show an uncanny resemblance to their TV actor counterparts.

The blood drawings have a purposefully frozen feel to them and close-ups of the antagonists convey a sense of menace. The atmosphere of Miami sithers through the colour palet. In other respects, the artwork feels wooden.

The story in itself is too big for its boots, taking up enough room to fill the length of a season but told at a pace equivalent to a single episode. It shares askew similarities with "Those Kinds of Things" (#6.1), showing just how memorable a high school reunion could be as a starting point. A more leisurely hunting game, black and white flashbacks to the Tonton Macoute period or the growth of New Hope as well as more interaction with Dexters family life would've been ...not filler, but fleshing out of a bare scenario.

Another fun Dexter tale. A little too much worrying about his new responsibilities as a father for my liking but still.

Summary: Serial killer Dexter Morgan reevaluates his life views upon the birth of his daughter and investigates the disappearance of a teenage girl who has been running with a group of goths rumored to be engaging in cannibalism.

The Dexter character has become increasingly boring, however in this book I really liked the Cannibalism/work side of the story

Review Pending!

I'm not sure why I keep reading these, I think it's more about the idea than the actual content. Dexter is a daddy now and apparently has a softer, feeling side. Oh, and there are vampires, yawn.

I can't put these down and Lindsay seems to be hitting his stride. Too bad he ended the series 2 books later :(

Dexter is Delicious? This book is delicious! I absolutely loved the playfulness of every page, along with the gory reality of mundane life.

loved solely because i cannot consume enough dexter content. literally anything about dexter i will read/watch.

He either got a new editor or he started writing better, but this was definitely one of the better books in the series. A little bit whiny and the plot was pushing it, but entertaining nonetheless. I especially liked the inclusion of the victim type this time, similarly to the last book.