It quite fails to function as a mystery at no time does anyone successfully piece together evidence or clues to get closer to catching the offscreen serial killer the book focuses on. The interior monologue harps constantly on the same few themes, especially his lack of emotions and the crippling stupidity of every living being in Miami. I found the authorial voice to not be "darkly humorous," but frequently silly and always snidely sarcastic. I recall seeing someone else comment that Darkly Dreaming Dexter needs to "show, don't tell." Dexter's interior monologue *tells* the reader about his code, and how careful he is, yet with one exception he's clumsy and messy throughout the book. The characters are two-dimensional cliches that can't tie their own shoelaces, except for the daringly deductive Dexter, who *can* tie his own shoelaces.
Since a lot of other people seem to have liked it, it may just be a matter of taste, but. Like so many others, I loved the Showtime series and wanted to check out the original source material.
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