Sam Wrote:Just finished watching season 1 on dvd. I hadn't heard of this show till I saw it in the video store. Also, I haven't read the books so I can't compare. The show is great so I'm sure the books are even better, as usual. I was only disappointed by one thing - I figured out who the Ice Truck Killer was too easily. They could've hidden that better. I won't say how or when so as not to spoil it for any one who hasn't seen it thus far. As for his origins, I certainly didn't see that coming. A great show. I'm definitely a fan!!
Both the books and the show are terrific. They deal with Dexter, in all his charmingly sociopathic glory, in different ways. I like them both, because they come at the subject from different angles.
In the books, you are with Dexter, in his head. He narrates and his voice is witty, sardonic, insightful, illuminating and hysterical. The show can't quite do that. Addtionally, even though it's cable, they cannot show what can be created in the books. Book 2 has scenes that I will carry in my head forever, and with these particular scenes, that's not a good thing. I sort of wish I could erase them from my brain because they are some of the most painful visions I've encountered.
The TV series does not follow the books exactly. It's a perfect adaptation, taking what they can use, manipulating what they cannot into something that works perfectly on the TV screen, yet keeping the character of Dexter as dark and light and complex and compelling as he is in the books.
DEXTER is a win-win situation. Both the TV show and the books are separate and equal. They both work wonderfully.