When I first started watching DEXTER a year or so ago, I had no idea that it was originally a series of books. As soon as I learned that it is (was), I bought and downloaded the first book in the series to my Nook! I still have two seasons left to watch of the tv show that was on HBO, but I'm already feeling separation anxiety! I just can't get enough of Dexter! I have no idea why I'm so fascinated with him except to say that I've always been interested in psychology in general and why people do the things they do. Watching Dexter, and now reading the book, he is a wonderful psychological study! And what makes him even that much more interesting is the fact that he is very intelligent--he's is very well and highly educated! He knows all the psychological babble! He knows what he is and why--where and when his "Dark Passenger" began. He is aware enough that even though he is a blood spatter analyst for the Miami Dade Homicide Department, he is also somewhat of a Profiler. His co-workers and colleagues trust his judgment about crime scenes! He's SMART. But he's a serial killer. It's just too fascinating!
Plus, it doesn't hurt that Michael C. Hall is just gorgeous! I know I'd easily be charmed by his swagger and lop-sided smile!!!!
I can honestly say that it was difficult to put down John Green's PAPER TOWNS. Yes, it is a very good book and well worth reading. John Green truly has a gift for story-telling and I, for one, am very glad that he is sharing that gift with the world. With that being said, though, all I could think about throughout the whole of the story was LOOKING FOR ALASKA. While there are some obvious differences between the two stories--which I won't name just in case you haven't read one or the other or both, the two are still essentially the same story. It's almost as if Green asked himself what would LOOKING FOR ALASKA be if THIS hadn't happened--if it had gone THIS way instead of the way it did? (Or vice versa. I haven't looked to see which book was written first.) That's not a problem. It's actually quite genius because I was wondering the same thing. If you know anything about John Green's previous books, I feel the need to remind you, then know going into PAPER TOWNS that he stays mostly faithful to his MO.
One final thought: I'm sick of labels such "Young Adult" literature for stories like PAPER TOWNS just because the main characters are teenagers. I am in my mid-forties and I have enjoyed every so-called "young adult" novel I've read--especially those of John Green, Gayle Forman, and the best of them all, Stephen Chobsky's THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER. Yes, the main characters in their stories are teenagers, but not only do I remember what it was like being a teenager, but I can also relate to the extreme emotions of the teens within these stories.
Teenagers are NOT the only age group to FEEL with every fiber of their being, you know!
