So, I've been lazy and have not been blogging. And now I have a second blog. I only have one entry, but I set it up today, so don't expect too much. I thought that I would go with the professional blog. But enough about that travesty....
So I finally "read" (audiobook) Darkly Dreaming Dexter, by Jeff Lindsay. Not bad. It didn't enthrall me as much as it might have but I did enjoy it. I understand that there is a TV show. People love it.
I would say that it was better than a large number of books that I've read, but I'm not beating down the computer to download another. Perhaps it was the narrator, but I don't think so. First, I'm not just how Dexter is so smart that he is finding serial killers when no one else can? Is it merely that monsters can find each other? Having only read the one book it just seemed to be a matter of the author "said so" and that we, the reader had to accept it. I might consider another to see if the characters develop at all. They seemed pretty one-dimensional and, frankly, some of the stupidest cops that I've ever read about in a novel.
I have also recently finished Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo. I enjoyed this book (audio) quite a bit. Well, right up until the last 25%. But I enjoyed the characters, they seemed to be somewhat developed, their interaction seemed true to the story. Until: our chief of police, who has 8 years of law experience prior to her current job seems to lose any sense of how the law works and her rights under the law. She actually just walks out of her office and doesn't fight her contractual rights and then allows herself to be manhandled by her successor. I plan to read at least one more by Castillo. I thought that the rest was interesting enough to give her another try.
Good reading.
So I finally "read" (audiobook) Darkly Dreaming Dexter, by Jeff Lindsay. Not bad. It didn't enthrall me as much as it might have but I did enjoy it. I understand that there is a TV show. People love it.
I would say that it was better than a large number of books that I've read, but I'm not beating down the computer to download another. Perhaps it was the narrator, but I don't think so. First, I'm not just how Dexter is so smart that he is finding serial killers when no one else can? Is it merely that monsters can find each other? Having only read the one book it just seemed to be a matter of the author "said so" and that we, the reader had to accept it. I might consider another to see if the characters develop at all. They seemed pretty one-dimensional and, frankly, some of the stupidest cops that I've ever read about in a novel.
I have also recently finished Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo. I enjoyed this book (audio) quite a bit. Well, right up until the last 25%. But I enjoyed the characters, they seemed to be somewhat developed, their interaction seemed true to the story. Until: our chief of police, who has 8 years of law experience prior to her current job seems to lose any sense of how the law works and her rights under the law. She actually just walks out of her office and doesn't fight her contractual rights and then allows herself to be manhandled by her successor. I plan to read at least one more by Castillo. I thought that the rest was interesting enough to give her another try.
Good reading.
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