Dexter, I hate you. You made me stay up reading you all night long when I had work the next morning. But damn, it was worth it. I really love you. Like I said in my status update, your beginning was kind of weird. I almost felt like I didn't know you anymore, but as I got deeper and deeper, the Dexter I know and love came cascading back into my consciousness. What can you say about the sixth book in a series that you read in one freakin' night. I love it, I love Dexter, I wouldn't be reading the sixth book in one night if I didn't. And by now, you know if you like Dexter or not too, and if you do, what are you waiting for, stop reading my review, and pick up your copy of Double Dexter, you won't regret it. ( )

Marido devoto, padre de tres críos, investigador forense... y asesino en serie. Sin duda, nada más complicado y torcido que la vida de Dexter Morgan. Pero las cosas siempre pueden complicarse aún más. Primero, alguien lo ha visto desmembrar a un payaso pedófilo. Luego, su hermana debe investigar el asesinato de dos policías a los que les han roto todos los huesos del cuerpo. Mientras tanto, su propia esposa se da al alcohol porque sospecha que Dexter está siendo infiel. Y, como si eso fuera poco, un misterioso sujeto misterioso empieza por imitarlo y termina decidiendo que Miami es demasiado pequeño para albergar a dos vengadores. En la sexta peripecia de su ya legendario personaje, Jeff Lindsay consigue llevar un paso más allá las intrigas de la serie sin perder el afilado sentido del humor que la caracteriza. Solo hay algo más peligroso que conocer a Dexter Morgan: conocerlo dos veces.

This Dexter book gave a more realistic enemy storyline than some of the other books. It was nice to learn more about Rita and their marriage together as well ( )

Married life is feeling good, maybe too comfortable, for Dexter makes a mistake. There is a witness to one of his outings. And his witness does not take it well — he begins to devote his life to taking out Dexter with Dexter’s own techniques. Life is no longer as good as it was. ( )

Darkly dreaming, dashingly devious Dexter is back and finding himself in a load of trouble. Someone witnessed him at play and is now making his life hell. Much like Dexter, this Shadow has decided it his moral duty to punish the wicked, copying Dexter's trade step by step. Worse of all, he's not picking up his mess. Instead, he's leaving it in plain sight and pinning evidence of Dexter's dark delights on the scene. This is all the ammunition needed to send Doakes gunning for Dexter's head once and for all. But Dexter's not one to give up so easily. Question is, how do you defeat an enemy who's seemingly one step ahead of you?

There are several complaints with Lindsay's Dexter in every novel in the series. From the outlandish paranormal Dark Passenger to the fact that Dexter never carries out the final deed himself. That's not to say the TV series is without its flaws - why is LaGuerta still alive, for instance - but the flaws (in my eyes, anyway) of the novel series always bothers me more. Like Doakes. How is he still around after he's been de-limbed, de-tongued and pretty much a walking spud with hooks for hands? And while Astor and Cody are lovely little monsters, how is it that Astor's going through all the typical growing girl stages while Cody hasn't even aged - still with this three-word sentences? I'm not asking for Shakespeare here, but the kid's gotta come out of his shell sometime.

Without giving too many details away, there are a few things that pulled my strings of annoyance. Rita's suspicions and how quickly they are ratified. The odd coincidence of Camilla Figg's relationship to the plot. Astor's typical teenage girl act, even though she's supposedly a Dexter-in-training (a little too human, isn't it?).

A few nice touches include the fact that Dexter is not following a kindred spirit as his Shadow doesn't trigger any warnings from the Dark Passenger. The idea of someone mimicking Dexter while stalking him is also bold - Dexter's been stalked before Dexter by Design, but this is quite another level. In fact, next to Dr. Danco, Shadow is the sort of bad guy I wouldn't mind seeing adapted on the TV show. Doakes's probable departure also raises my hopes for the future, though not in the way that would've made me smile. ( )