Description: A logical continuation of Jeffrey Lindsay's detective thriller "Dexter's Slumbering Demon" about Dexter Morgan, a forensic blood spatter expert with sociopathic tendencies and a desire to kill from time to time. Author: Dopeman Created: September 20, 2016 at 06:44 pm (current version from November 14, 2018 at 22:45) Public: Yes Dictionary type: Book
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The series is very different from the book, in fact, it is a completely different work, based on the images of the characters. The series does not reveal real essence characters, their thoughts and inner world, and the plot is twisted and distorted.
Therefore, I recommend reading the first part of the book first; it is undoubtedly much deeper than the series:
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| 1 | Geoffrey Lindsay GOOD FRIEND DEXTER Chapter 1 The full moon hung low in the tropical sky, sending its call through the puffy clumps of clouds. It was intended for the ears of my dear friend the Dark Passenger, who sat comfortably in the darkness of the back seat of the Dodge, who could be considered Dexter's hypothetical soul, if there ever was one. The damned moon, resembling a loud-voiced carnivorous Lucifer, addressed from the desert skies to the black hearts of all the night monsters found somewhere below, calling them to return to their clearings for games. |
2 | She also called out to the monster hiding in the shadow of the oleander. The streaks of moonlight breaking through the foliage made the monster look like a hidden tiger, waiting for the right moment to rush out of the darkness towards its prey. But it’s not a striped predator lurking in the darkness. Dexter is hiding there. He listens carefully to the terrible, silent call flying from the heavens to his secret refuge. |
| 3 | My dear black essence wants to immediately sink its moonlit fangs into the easily vulnerable flesh on the opposite side of the hedge. But the hour has not yet struck, and so I wait, watching warily as my victim creeps past, sensing that someone is watching her, but not knowing that I am here, and only three feet of hedge separate us. I could easily perform my magic act, suddenly appearing in front of her, like the blade of a switchblade. | 4 | But I wait, remaining invisible. Long seconds silently flow from one to another, but I wait for the right moment. Then a jump, an outstretched arm and cold glee when I see a grimace of horror on the victim's face... But no. Something's wrong here. It was Dexter's turn to feel the sickening touch of someone else's gaze on his back. I got scared when I became convinced that someone had started hunting me. |
| 5 | Some nightstalker's mouth is watering as he looks at me from his nearby hideout. I have to admit, I really don't like this. And suddenly, out of nowhere, surprisingly quickly, like a tiny lightning bolt, a jubilant hand appears and touches me, and I see the teeth of a nine-year-old neighbor boy sparkling in the moonlight. "Yes! One, two, three, Dexter, die!" Immediately, with the speed of a pack of wild dogs, everyone else appears. |
6 | They giggle and shout something to me, and I stand in the bushes, feeling endlessly humiliated. Soon everything ends. Six-year-old Cody looks at me with disappointment, as if the Night God Dexter had disappointed his high priest. His nine-year-old sister Estor manages to join in the screams of the other children before the horde disappears into the darkness again in search of a new, more reliable shelter, leaving me alone with my shame. |
| 7 | Dexter wasn't fooling around; he just turned into It. You may ask, what's the matter? How is it that Dexter's night hunt is reduced to such a wretched level? Until this moment, in his field of vision there was always a disgusting perverted predator, waiting for special attention from the equally disgusting pervert Dexter. And here is this same Dexter playing the fool, figuratively speaking, kicking an empty can of Boyardee ravioli, guilty only of having an overly sweet sauce. |
8 | I'm wasting precious time by suffering an embarrassing defeat in a game I haven't played since I was ten years old. Moreover, I turned into It again. “One, two, three...” I began to count, being an honest and decent player. How could this happen? Why is the demon Dexter, feeling the burden of the full moon, not in a machine that turns into small pieces the creature to which Dexter himself pronounced his sentence. |
| 9 | How did it happen that on a night like this the Cold Avenger refused to take the Dark Passenger with him for a walk? - Four, five, six... Harry, my wise adoptive father, taught me to maintain a delicate balance between thirst and knife. He adopted a boy, in whom he saw an irresistible thirst for murder (it was impossible to heal the guy), and raised him as a man who took the lives of only murderers. Dexter, the non-bloodthirsty one, hid behind the guise of an ordinary person and tracked down the most disgusting serial killers operating outside of any laws and regulations. |
10 | And if it weren't for Harry's plan, I would have become one of them too. “There are a lot of people, Dexter, who deserve this,” my wonderful adopted policeman father once said. - Seven, eight, nine... He taught me how to find specific gaming friends and how to make sure they were truly worthy of my visit and that of the Dark Passenger. But most importantly, he taught me how to get away with it—and only a cop could teach that. |
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Good friend Dexter(English) Dearly Devoted Dexter) is a logical continuation of the detective thriller Dexter's Slumbering Demon about Dexter Morgan, a forensic blood spatter expert with sociopathic tendencies and a desire to kill from time to time. Jeff Lindsay's first-person novel is already significantly different from the second season of Dexter, and the only connection is the main characters.
Plot
This time Dexter has a very cunning antagonist, a man with a very interesting style of torture. The method of killing the victims of a new serial maniac from the military past of Dexter's colleague, Doakes, is reminiscent of the game gallows, only, unlike the original game, for each unguessed letter the victim loses a limb or other part of his body. In order to enhance the effect of torture, the maniac uses psychotropic substances and mirrors in which one can see oneself crippled and disfigured.
Dexter notices sociopathic tendencies in his adopted children Cody and Astor, and at the same time notices a new victim, apparently a child killer. However, he doesn't have much time as his sister gets involved in a new investigation.
Dexter gets involved in this case, and new guy his non-biological sister, Debra, appears on the list of victims of the new maniac, Dr. Danko. Kyle Chatsky managed to get Danko out of captivity, although not completely (he was deprived of an arm and a leg), after which Dexter himself ends up on the sadist’s table, like his colleague Doakes...
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The second book in Jeffrey Lindsay's series about serial killer Dexter Morgan, who only kills "bad guys." If Dexter's Slumbering Demon still finds some points of contact with the series, this book has very little in common with the film version, only the characters are the same, but the plot here is completely different, and Dexter himself is somewhat different in character and style of thinking from his television “double.”
Dexter Morgan, a wolf in sheep's clothing, has fallen on hard times. After the death of La Guerta and the disappearance of the killer (the protagonist's brother), Sergeant Dokes began to treat the protagonist with even greater hatred. He does not take his eyes off him day or night, watching his every move, which is why Dexter cannot go hunting again. It’s impossible to get rid of Dokes so easily - after all, he doesn’t fit Harry’s code, but Dexter’s instinct tells him that Dokes has something in common with himself, his own Dark Passenger or an echo of it. Forced to remain inactive for a long time, Dexter spends almost every day with Rita and her children, engages in innocent fun and generally behaves like a respectable citizen and the most ordinary person, becoming more and more accustomed to this role, which he does not like at all.
Original title: Dearly Devoted Dexter.
Genre: thriller, detective.
At the same time, a new maniac appears in Miami, using a very cruel and unusual technique: he does not kill his victims, but simply cuts off their arms, legs, tongue, eyelids over and over again, forcing them to watch what he is doing, bringing them together thus driving them crazy and turning them into mooing, crazed animals. After which the maniac leaves the unfortunates somewhere in plain sight, leaving them to their fate. Dexter is quite interested in his colleague and his unusual work, and Dokes seems to know something about this monster. Soon Dexter and Deborah have to take part in the investigation, and meanwhile more and more new victims appear. It seems that the maniac does not choose them at random.
“I was never able to determine what women expect from their boyfriends, but as for Rita, I knew what she wanted from me. This is definitely not sex, an activity that seems to me as boring as calculating the foreign trade deficit.”
“If all human beings somehow mysteriously disappeared from the face of the earth, my only regret would be that there would be no one to bake me donuts. But children interest me and, to tell the truth, I like them.”
The narration in Lindsay's books is told in the first person, which makes it possible to dive deeper into the strange inner world of Dexter, allows you to follow the course of his reasoning, and makes the text more subjective and personal. It is interesting to read such a text, it is witty, light, filled with unusual images, metaphors, black humor, which is very catchy, if, of course, you like this style. Dexter is surprisingly witty, almost every phrase of his is imbued with humor and dark irony, which is not at all visible in the series.
In my opinion, in the movies this hero was made too sentimental and sensitive, although the “highlight” of the character is precisely that he is an exemplary sociopath, completely devoid of any emotions, unable to empathize, love, stands out sharply from the crowd, unlike others feeling like a stranger, an outcast. All his life he has to wear a mask, hide in the shadows, skillfully play the role of an ordinary average American man in the street. He does not consider himself a full-fledged person, but Harry's adoptive father, a former police officer, came up with a code of conduct for Dexter, which he relentlessly follows. Dexter releases his Dark Passenger only when he goes on the hunt for serial killers like him. He eliminates those whom the hand of the law cannot reach, who easily elude the police. Moreover, the hunt itself is preceded by careful preparation and collection of evidence - without hard evidence, Dexter never kills anyone, no matter how much he wants to.
The book tells a lot about the Dark Passenger, with whom he often has conversations and thinks about. Here the protagonist feels attracted to the moon, it influences his behavior, which, it seems, was not in the film. Dexter loves the night, the darkness, he feels like a hunter, capable of tracking down any game. If there were no code, he would kill ordinary people just as easily, but he follows the rules that Harry came up with. Dexter is a good pretender, he is able to inspire confidence in himself, he knows how to smile charmingly, seem like a naive simpleton, and disappear into the crowd. However, he himself speaks of a lack of conscience and feelings. In addition, it is difficult for him to understand other people; he often does not know how to behave in emotional situations when it is necessary to show humanity and empathy, which he is deprived of.
Lindsay's books are darker than the series; there is more cruelty, which is demonstrated by the main character himself (for example, he tortures his victims without remorse, cuts off their fingers). But despite this, the works are not difficult to read, they are quite funny, written in an excellent ironic style. You can even just enjoy the language of the book, the text. Much attention is paid not to the event part, but to the psychological side. All the characters develop well, and against the backdrop of Dexter himself, their emotions look brighter and stand out in sharp contrast. However, you should not think that the protagonist does not experience anything at all and is deprived of all affections: he values his sister, feels some strange sympathy for children, they seem to him much more interesting and smarter than adults, he understands them more easily. Interestingly, Dexter easily exposes the hypocrisy and stupidity of those around him, thanks to which the text has some satirical shades, which certainly makes it deeper and more interesting. Dexter at times turns out to be more honest and better than “normal” people who eat each other from morning to evening, who are greedy, cruel, evil, and deceitful.
The plot in novels is always intricately twisted, there are unexpected turns, tense moments, and coincidences. In addition, Dexter has two strong opponents: the mysterious maniac Dr. Danko and Sergeant Dokes, who sees right through the protagonist. Dexter inevitably has to team up with the second one for a while, although they do not trust each other. And, even if you have watched the series, do not be afraid that it will ruin your impression, this story has a completely different ending.
Probably, Geoffrey Lindsay's books are not recommended reading for everyone. Still, the main character may arouse hostility in someone, and the idea itself will scare him away. He really feels almost no emotions, does not sympathize with the victims of maniacs. He is not a knight without fear and reproach at all, but a completely selfish, cruel, strange creature, who nevertheless evokes some sympathy and interest. But if you are able to appreciate dark humor, love thrillers, detective stories, you like the work of Thomas Harris, you appreciate the playful element in literature, then this series is most likely for you and you will get a lot of pleasure from reading it, discovering a new extraordinary hero in literature.
