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The second in the series we are all familiar with who and what Dexter is. In this novel, Dexter accidentally gets engaged while dealing with Doakes preoccupation with him after LaGuerta's death and the new serial killer in town Dr. Danco.
Overall I enjoyed the book, as I'm beginning to see as becoming a trend. There is a disconnect that continues between Lindsay's original vision of Dexter and Michael C. Hall's portrayal (which is just fantastic) and I find it messed with my perception some times because what Dexter does in the book is very different from how Dexter would have reacted in the TV show. It's going to take a little bit of work for me to see them as different people.
I'm a fan of the show. It's the driving reason behind why I picked up the book in the first place and in my opinion it didn't disappoint. If you don't know the premise by now: Dexter is a polite, likable blood splatter analyst by day and a calm, collected serial killer by night only preying on those who fit the code his foster father taught him. Unlike the show the books goes a little bit more indepth into why Dexter does what he does. The “Dark Passenger” only fleetingly introduced in season 1 of the show and the subsequent likening the dark passenger to a heroin addiction in season 2 is not what drives Dexter. Instead, the book makes it seem as if it's almost a separate entity of Dexter controlling him and telling him what to do.
There are obviously some differences between the show and the book but overall I enjoyed it independently from the direction the show decided to go in. The only gripe I have with the book is that Dexter is this genius while everyone around him can barely tie their own shoelaces. The only reason it seems that Dexter is not getting caught is because he surrounded himself with the stupidest cops in the history of the police force. Though this is even comically mentioned in the book that the cops are somewhat not on the bright side.
Overall I definitely enjoyed this book and I'm looking forward to picking up the next in the series.
In A Perfect World is how the world ends in a very quiet, and specific fashion. In Kasischke's book, the world ends due to an onset of the Phoenix Flu and we get to look at it through the eyes of a very naive newly wedded flight attendant and the family that has fallen in her lap due to the marriage.
Honestly, I hated the main character. Here she is, getting married to this guy who seems too good to be true with these god awful children who hate her and her mom who thinks she's an absolute retard and then on top of all this drama the world decides it wants to end itself. If that's not cause for a nervous breakdown, I don't know what is but this character (Jiselle) takes it all in stride like it's just another normal day. And because of this reaction I find it all a bit unreasonable. All around her, people have their lives falling apart but this family gets closer instead of falling apart. Instead of heading for the hills like her other friends she becomes even more entranced in this family and protecting them although they've given her no good reason to.
And I guess that's the point of this story. Jiselle grows from a naive girl walking into a situation she barely thought out and learning to take care of herself and others during a crisis. It's all very poetic, fitting for an author who mostly thinks of herself as poet.
This book took me a very long time to read because the fairy tale atmosphere took a long time for me to get used to. But when I sat down and really got into it, it's a solid book that gets you with how she weaves the destruction of the world, not in the development of the characters (because the characters, besides Jiselle don't really go anywhere lets be honest) and the ending will definitely leave you hanging, but with good reason. I don't think anyone would have bought it if she had wrapped up everything in a good way and a miracle cure was to be had.
Evermore is the story of Ever, a 17 year old girl who can see peoples auras and read their thoughts. Then Damen shows up at her school looking all hot and tempting and pretty much throws her world into a tailspin.
I really liked Evermore because of how its written. Ever is an angry girl who has just lost her parents and it shows. In how she speaks, how she dresses, and how she reacts to situations. Noel's characters are bizzare and likeable at the same time. In a short 300 page book she's managed to introduce a whole world and keep us begging for more.
I'm really looking forward to the rest of this series.
By far my favorite of all the books so far. In this one Meyer has finally learned the voices of her characters and although Bella is still probably the worst character ever created she shows some sorrow and takes some responsibility for her actions. My favorite character is Jacob and he has a large role in this book, and hearing it on audiobook it was a pleasant surprise to hear a different narrator for the beginning letter and the epilogue at the end.
As in my opinion of the first book I went into this series knowing that I was not giving it a fair shot. I already had a bias against Twilight because I know without a doubt this story has been told dozens of times and Meyer certaintly is not bringing anything new to the table.
What got me about New Moon is that she introduces Jacob (well, re-introduces) and I like him. I really like him. That in itself is a problem because Meyer obviously only created Jacob to create more angst in Bella's angst filled existence. She continually forgets that Jacob is even a character which goes beyond pissing me off and she makes Bella treat him like complete and utter shit. Frankly, it made me want to toss the book across the room every time Bella said another stupid, self-centered, selfish thing about her and Jacob.
Without listing everything that I hated I'll just say this: It was a vast improvement over the first books. I'm hoping that Meyer just didn't know what monster she created and needed to settle in to writing young adult and that is her excuse for the first book.
I can readily admit that I'm not a fan of Stephenie Meyer. Before going into this book I was already dead set against liking it because of all the hype surrounding it. Then, having had a bad experience with the movie (I walked out of it) and hearing my sister gush about it I was just about sick of hearing about Twilight. But then The Host came out and I gave Stephenie Meyer's first adult novel a chance and it was actually pretty decent so here I am giving Twilight a try because the author who wrote The Host couldn't have made a completely ridiculous young adult series.
Well, the fact of the matter is that this book is not very good for a young adult novel. I've read better books with better story lines that don't expound for 50 pages about how much she hates one person and then a page letter completely changes her mind and loves him. This book is not the next great american novel. She's definitely overrated but the book was not as god awful terrible as some made it out to be. In the end, it's readable if you can ignore how horrendous of a character Bella is and how annoying her voice is in the book.
I'm going to read the series because I'm dedicated enough to not want to see the story end and I think if an author can get me interested in her characters despite a barrage of other mistakes and annoyances then they've done their job with their book.
Well, for Zuiker's first book I'll give it a definite A for effort. In general, it was an entertaining book and it had me squeamish at some times. Squeegal, the main antagonist of the book is one creepy, insane man and Zuiker made that abundantly clear in the painstaking detail he gave to every murder and every thought going through Squeegal's mind. I found that the book became a little predictable towards the end. There was going to be only one way that it ended and also they had to put in the beginnings of what will eventually make this a book series. The main problem for me is that there was a whole lot fluff (and by fluff I mean gory, disgusting details) to camouflage a weak follow through with the plot. Squeegal's reason for killing is never really understood or explained properly. There is some talk about religious reason. Maybe he's killing because of the 7 cardinal sins or the 7 virtues, but Zuiker doesn't really go into that instead fast forwards to another gruesome scene.
This book probably would've done really well as a TV series and I wouldn't be surprised if he's asked to adapt it to something along the lines of Criminal Minds, because that is essentially what the team in the book is doing.
As for the digital media, I thought it was a hassle. Reading it on audiobook I'm almost never around my computer to get to it in time to view the little clips that are scattered throughout the book. I ended up viewing maybe two and they didn't really forward the plot for me or anything so I don't think they were really essential to understanding the book. Just more fluff.
Overall, if you're into crime fiction/mystery give this book a try.
Obviously I didn't know what I was getting into when I picked up this book. As a part of Barnes & Noble's free ebook offer I picked this one because it looked different and I was really surprised that I enjoyed it. I'm the first to say that I'm not into the supernatural/fantasy genre. The most I've ever read is Lord of The Rings or The Hobbit. But, this book kept me interested because it's a very dark, adult book. This is not for Twilight fans, this to me, almost felt like it had the potential for an r-rated movie. This book kind of lost me a couple of times though. One example is Merry's job as a detective: first it was about a detective agency and then it was obviously not about a detective agency, and then it brought the element back in glancing in the last few pages.
Another element that didn't weird me out like I thought it would was all of the references and scenes that were sexual in nature. I didn't feel like I was reading someone's attempt at writing soft-core porn or anything to that extent. The scenes were well placed and as she described how the Faerie courts worked the sex scenes were almost necessary.
So overall, I really enjoyed the book and will be continuing the series.
Honestly, I thought overall this book was pretty entertaining. I'm not expecting it to be the next great american novel but for a mobster/medical comedic drama it was very well written. At times I didn't know where the author was taking me on his long winded side stories, but in the end it all made perfect sense and I don't think I would change anything about the book. Even the foot notes, which irked me at first, made sense to do in the end.
I doubt this book will be for everyone. It is very profane and graphic at times, but if you're looking for a light, quick read (I read it at work over a span of about 4 hours) then this is for you!
A very interesting read. Imposter tells the story of Matt Kelley who is a new agent with the State Department. A bomb goes off, killing his mother, and the investigation that begins dwells in the political, miitary, and state police corruption. I loved the book. Davis Bunn has a penchant for writing that literally holds you to the book and won't let you quit reading. Definitely recommended for fans of spy thrillers and action novels.
So Much Fun!
I loved this! A classic, fast paced spy thriller with just the amount of sex and incredulity to keep you entertained. I love when an author manages to fold in characters from other series so the cameo by Jack Daniels and McGlade were a treat. If you were ever a fan of Alias, but thought it could do with a little more kick, this is the series for you.