Dexter #1 (Dexter) by Jeff Lindsay

Dexter #1 (Dexter) Reviews

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  Chelsea

  Although I was nice to have another little glimpse into Dexter's life, I thought it would have been more interesting to see where he goes after the books and/or the TV show. I am a little biased about my idea that it would have been better to have the graphic novel start the story about where Dexter is after the TV show's ending. It was a quick new read, but I didn't feel that attachment to Dexter and all--as I did during the show. It takes place randomly sometime before Rita died and everything was ok in his family life. Dexter's mission goes haywire basically and his sister, Debra, ends up finding him and must realize that he was planning to kill. But it doesn't make it very clear and wasn't all that thrilling or conclusive to me. The story behind the guy he is trying to kill I found the most interesting of all.
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  Paul Nelson

  Big fan of Dexter the TV series so I was immediately interested when the comic series started, the story joins Dexter when he is married to Rita and she is intrigued when Dexter is invited to a school reunion. Rita wants to meet his old school friends, unfortunately its the last place Dexter wants to be and things get worse when the school bully, now a charming and successful business man acts like they are old friends, this can't be especially when Dexter had him tied to a table in the school kitchen. Murder is just around the corner and Gonzalez the old school bully is right in the thick of it.
  
  Dexter's familiar characterization is what this is all about, the anti-hero whose inner voice is a major part and stand out feature of the story and shows itself early on in the first comic. Dexter is one of the best book to tv adaptations there is simply because everything he says and thinks can be transposed to the screen easily and hopefully the comic book series will pay worthy homage to a fantastic character.
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  Shacoria

  First of all, I was beyond excited to see that Rita was alive in this comic book. Her presence was missed greatly by me on the tv show Dexter in the later seasons. I love the dynamic that she has with Dexter. One of the great joys of Dexter's story is watching him interact with his wife and children and try to pretend to understand their human emotions when he really doesn't. That being said, there isn't a whole lot of story in this first comic book in the Dexter series. Dexter is forced by Rita to attend his high school reunion and he begins to suspect that one of his old classmates may have committed a crime. That is pretty much all that happened. I hope the story picks up in the next comic in the series.
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  Beth Hughes

  I picked this graphic novel up in between books, as I'm a huge Dexter fan. I am not, however, a graphic novel aficionado. While I have read several graphic novel-ish books (I'm looking at you,
  HYPERBOLE-AND-A-HALF and FUN HOUSE!), other than the Lego Ninjago series I read with my son, the true graphic novel is a new-to-me genre.
  
  For that reason, it took me a while to get into this short mystery, as well as feel like I was involved with the story and with the characters. One of things I love about Jeff Lindsay's characterization of Dexter brings humor and levity and acerbic wit to, essentially, a serial killer. #butheonlykillsbadguys However, it took me a good chapter (which is a lot in a graphic novel that might have, say, 5 or 6 chapters total) to really figure out who these characters are--and that's having already met them in Lindsay's eight-book series. I'm wondering if another reader--one who is unfamiliar with the storyline and/or the characters--would connect with Dexter and the others.
  
  I'm also biased because of my love for prose. While I don't appreciate flowery, verbose prose, I do enjoy a good set-up with clever writing that is brimming with cleverly placed, organic literary devices. But again, not flowery or verbose. So, I struggle with graphic novels in general, as they are written in a more just-the-facts-ma'am kind of way. It's impossible for me to appreciate a text that is 50+ pages long as well as I could with one that is 300+ pages in length. It's apples and oranges--not only because the genres are different, but the modes in which Lindsay is writing are different with a different audience and a different purpose.
  
  What I did enjoy about this format, however, was that it was still centered around Dexter's Dark Passenger--his inner voice that tells him who is good and who is bad--and around yet another interesting case. Once again set in Miami, this case involves Rodriguez whom Dexter meets at his high school reunion. Rodriguez used to bully Dexter, until Dexter showed him his true potential--without really harming him. Fast-forward to the present, and Rodriguez is known as the Mother Theresa of Miami. Of course, things are not always what they seem, and Dexter's Dark Passenger uncoils the second Dexter shakes Rodriguez's hand.
  
  This story is filled with Lindsay's usual conflict and near-misses and near-death experiences, but again, it's not filled with any twists or red herrings, which is the best part of a mystery! So for me, the novels are much better.
  
  Overall, though, this was an entertaining way for me to get my Dexter fix--while bringing me outside my comfort zone as a reader. So, this was a four-star, super-quick read for me.
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  Elle Mitchell

  I read this whole collection at once. It was so fun and bingeable. It was like a few episode arch in the later seasons of the show. Super fun, not too deep, which is fine. I feel like you really need to know a bit about Dex before you read these. Or at least, it enhances the reading experience.
  
  The art fit the vibe. The pace fit the story, though being a novel reader, I would have loved each of these with an extra 50 pages too.
  
  Note: it felt more like the TV show Dexter than book 1 Dexter; I haven't read beyond book 1 in the series, so that could be change as the series goes on.
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  Carmel Bell

  I must say that the character of Dexter was one of my most favourite psychopaths ever. He had a strong ethical code, despite not really admitting to that. I enjoyed this and must say, I had to agree with it. Not that I condone murder, but sometimes...you wish someone would take out the 'too hard' to rehabilitate mob. Dexter did that.
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  Alai

  Cuando se estaba poniendo buena la cosa terminó, pero aún así me hizo reír y se me hizo que la forma de ser de Dexter sí concuerda con la de la serie, lo que me sorprendió.
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  Elmari Kruger

  Yes please, I like these
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  Roxie

  2.5
  Esto me gustó mucho como parte del universo Dexter, pero como novela gráfica en sí es bastante "meh". El arte es decente y el coloreado no está mal, pero la escritura... UGH. No sé si fue la traducción o qué, pero realmente me desagradaron los diálogos. Incluso la voz en off de Dexter no me causó el mismo interés que en la serie (aún no he leído los libros). Así que eso. Recomendada si te gusta Dexter, pero, a pesar de que explican en el prólogo dónde se sitúa entre los libros y la serie (bien ahí), y te permite leerlo como un stand-alone, no lo recomiendo para el público general.
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  Jaclyn

  A good comic book adaptation of Dexter Morgan, the vigilante serial killer from Jeff Lindsay's series of novels. The plot was introduced nicely in this first issue in a series of 5, and is an original plot that we haven't seen already in the book or TV series. The violence is toned down a lot from the novels and TV show, but still has the Dexter elements I love. I also really liked the graphics, and hope the rest of the 5-issue series is a good representation of the Dexter Morgan I've gotten used to.
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  Teresa

  Read the entire Dexter series. My son's friend, Kevin, tried for years to get me to read them, but I was reluctant because I knew they were chopping up bodies and that's not usually my choice of reading. Well, I finally read one and then two and before I knew it Dexter and I were chopping up bad guys together and I was sucked into the maddening world of Dexter. These books will make you go YUCK a few times, but they are also witty. Thanks Kevin!
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  Sarah Carol Williams

  I was really anticipating this mini-series and from what I've read it's going to hold up to my expectations. I wish they would do a full series in graphic novel form, but time will tell! For now it's good and I've got the 2nd and 3rd waiting for me at the comic book store!
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  Steven Shinder

  Dexter is married to Rita, so this takes place at least after Dexter in the Dark. That is also the novel in which Dexter's school bully Steve Gonzalez is mentioned, so Jeff Lindsay has good attention to detail and revisits that aspect of Dexter's past.
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  Craig

  It was like a really good early episode with Rita and etc. before the show got weighed down by the relationship peccadilloes of the ancillary characters. More focused on crime and punishment which reminded me of how good the stories were originally.
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  Bruna Cavalcante

  I lov this season. Dexter Morgan is a cold man who has a bad company inside yourself. But different others serial killers, him just kill the bad guys, study our life's and in the right moment catch the person.
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  Mirco Kämpfer

  I don't like the drawings. -_-
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  Oleksii Beloschuk

  funny :)
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  Χαρούλα Σπ.

  Psychopath POV
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  Joni Keith

  A little disappointed with Dexter behaving in such a human fashion.
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  Ray

  Not satisfied by the eight seasons of the TV show? Read these. I just wish they had continued the story after he faked his death in the last episode of the series.
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  Coryn

  I LOVE Dexter! Plain and simple. These books are amazing and twisted.
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  Z

  Fantastic! Amazed by how much the television series changed from the book.
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  Nan

  Love Dexter!