Death Masks - Jim Butcher
Jim Butcher is starting to lose my interest now. I really liked the first couple of books in The Dresden Files series, but, there was just too much going on in the last couple of books and I'm starting not to care anymore. I don't care what happens to Harry, or his ex-girlfriend, or Murphy... I just didn't care.
Harry has to duel a murderous Vampire. But, he gets a little sidetracked and starts looking for the Shroud of Turin which has been stolen. And there's some monsters, and the fact that Harry has to wrestle with his feelings for Susan as she's returned to town with some guy. Hmm haww. Blah.
Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Jeff Lindsay
So, I've watched the Dexter series with Ian a couple of times now, and the show is so addictive. The first season is so exceptionally endearing, and the style of the show is really just exceptional. The music bounces off the shots which are accentuated with colours and patterns and... it tickles all the senses. The opening theme to Dexter is a visceral, delicious experience alone. Grinding coffee, cutting into an egg yolk, juicing a blood orange... it almost makes me hungry.
So, you can tell how I feel about the show. And, the book is always better, right?
Meh. I enjoyed the first Dexter book but man, it was not nearly as good as the show. Not even close. The bones of the characters are there, but the show fleshes them out so nicely, in a way the book just does not. I do think I would have enjoyed the book more if I hadn't seen the show, but it certainly does stand on its own merits.
If you don't know the basis behind Dexter, he's a serial killer, who only kills bad people. But there's all sorts of other things going on in his past, and in his present, so it's not just about him killing.
****
Book Count: 45/50
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