Length: 14 hours 23 mins

Not enough d-based alliteration for my liking

But seriously, this has been ongoing thing throughout the Dexter book series.  And there’s a lot.

For a brief summary of the plot please check out the description and audio sample here:

http://www.audible.com/pd/Mysteries-Thrillers/Dexters-Final-Cut-Audiobook/B00EF8BIOU

Would I recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

Yes, but only those familiar with the Dexter portrayed by Jeff Lindsay throughout his books.

It must be noted that the Dexter from the books & Dexter from the Tv Show is very different.

Dexter from the books goes on very different adventures and his personality is a little different, also the book’s progression is quite different, there’s a lot of focus on himself rather than the action at hand.

Also, because there’s so much bullshit that Dexter is constantly rambling on about himself, and the kind of smooth way that Jeff Lindsay performs the narration, it’s quite easy to kind of just tune out and not really listen….whilst also actually listening.

I would recommend it to those that have trouble falling asleep.  I feel asleep listening to this book on 2 separate plane journeys, and yet was still kind of listening as i slept, when I woke up I hadn’t really missed THAT much of the story.

So yes, it’s not Dexter from the TV show, so those that are expecting that will be disappointed; yet those that love the Dexter Books, then of course they are still going to read/ listen to this.

And, those that might want a peaceful slumber might also go for it.

What does Jeff Lindsay bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

I READ the past 6 books previously, this is the first Dexter book I listened to, was interesting to hear that the author of the book was doing the actual narration.

He has a very smooth, but sleepy voice.  However, of course he reads the book like i guess he originally meant for it to be read.

This might be bad like for myself when i actually READ the book i guess i misconstrued the inflection in the writing so that the thoughts Dexter had presented itself as dark sarcasm.

But when read by Jeff Lindsay, apparently how he meant it to be read, you hear that it may not be sarcasm after all.

Dexter becomes a character that is convinced he is not complicated (character) yet intelligent whilst in reality you hear that he might only just be reaching the cusp of someone that is intelligent.

I think it was better when i thought he was being darkly sarcastic.  Instead he genuinely seems to take ages to figure things out, and says dumb things like ‘ because i had gone to college i knew that 50 was more than 20’

That being said, Jeff Lindsay is a pretty good narrator, but he’s probably more suited to narrating other people’s books rather than his own.

Do you think Dexter’s Final Cut needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

Yes, this book needs a follow-up book.

I will of course finish off the Dexter series regardless for my own sense of closure or sense of accomplishment or whatever, but… the previous books were stand-alone stories.

I don’t know if this one is meant to be a stand-alone story , or if the 8th and final book finishes the 7th book’s story arc.

But, if the 7th book is a stand-alone story, then it has some problems, & in which case its more pointless than originally thought.

That’s because several curious things are built up, like another character’s ‘dark passenger’ just like Dexter’s but that doesn’t seem to lead anywhere where it was a curious development and could have led somewhere much more interesting.

-Also the conclusion of the book….well it wasn’t an adequate conclusion, thats for sure.

I’m hoping the 8th book concludes this story arc, because otherwise this story really is much worse than I thought.

Any additional comments?

I bought the book because I’ve enjoyed reading the different story arc that Jeff Lindsay provides with the Book as compared to the Tv Show.

I’m a big Dexter fan, so was going to listen to this book regardless of how bad the reviews were.

There are 2 reviews with a title called ‘Dexter Doesn’t Deliver’  & ‘Should be renamed ‘Dexter is a D-bag’ ‘   ;  I thought these titles were kind of funny and made me get the book to see if it really was as bad as they say.

To be fair, it’s not that bad, although it’s definitely not as good as his previous books.  And I feel as if Dexter in this book does a little bit too much self-reflection.

Anyone buying this book as their 1st Dexter book is an idiot. Start from the beginning, get some perspective for character development, that should be obvious.

The original books talk a lot about Dexter’s ‘Dark Passenger’ for which in my favourite book of the series ‘Dexter in the Dark’  he discovers that his dark passenger is a true entity in itself.   I would highly recommend this book by the way;  but this 7th book seems to forget that, as in 1 of the other reviews… ‘his dark passenger seems to be sleeping most of the time’.

This is 1 of the things that made the book series very different, yet interesting from the tv show, yet if he’s just doing self-reflection but not reflecting on his Dark Passenger…then it feels lacking, and kind of boring.

There are too many very high quality audio novels out at the moment for this to get any higher rating in my opinion.  As it is, I think this is already a generous rating for this book.

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