Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
This is the book that inspired the tv series, Dexter. I have enjoyed the tv show, so I was interested in reading this. Surprisingly the book is not overly graphic in its descriptions of the murders. And like the tv show, the ambiguity of how to feel about this lead character is there, he is a murderer, but he has been taught to kill those who are bad and evil. Does the end justify the means? And it also raises the question of nurture vs. nature. Would he be a killer if not for the traumatic event in his life? Could any of us be a killer after such a traumatic event? And after that event, to be raised with love, care and affection, it does not save him, but it does affect him. A very good book!
