4 hours ago
So lastnight I was listening to Dexter in the Dark, Chapter 19, circa 5:00.
Let me tell you, I LOVE this book. I don't think any other book in the series is going to appeal to me as much.
It's all about Dexter trying to figure out the origin of the Dark Passenger as an entity. At one point, he starts going on a bunch of internet searches...
I found this whole segment enchanting, for personal reasons. He makes references to coming across unhinged bloggers in his searches and I was like, "Yup that's me!" Very fun.
People were SooOoOoOoo hilariously infuriated over the connection made between the Dark Passenger and Moloch in this book. I find it important to note that the book came out in 2007, when the TV show was still new. It makes me wonder if all the bizarre hatred of this book came from propaganda intentionally planted against it.
There was so little resemblance between the books and the show after a certain point, VERY early on, so why would they even be concerned with what the hell the books were saying? Maybe it's because they had to credit Jeff continually (and still do to this day). Regardless, there just seemed to be a disproportionate dislike of this particular book. Maybe people really are just that ignorant though. Wouldn't surprise me.
How fragile does your worldview have to be to get SOOOO MAD over an author delving into the idea that the root of evil is responsible for phenomena such as the desire to kill?? And I haven't listened to the ENTIRE book yet, but I think it'd be silly to assume Jeff's really drawing the line at biblical references, rather than going EVEN FARTHER BACK in history, to the dawn of time itself. He STARTS THE BOOK at the dawn of time.
It's clear that he doesn't believe the origin of the Dark Passenger truly lies within the Moloch mythos. It's just the most well documented origin story in recorded history. That's all. It's that simple. But people had to go full retard and shitcan the book entirely because of their own bias, a hatred of religion I guess. No idea. That's what I'm saying... the level of dismissal doesn't make sense.
I like Dexter in the Dark because he hasn't married Rita yet. She's still prominently featured and so are the kids, but it hasn't all been weighed down by matrimony yet. I rate this book 10/10.
Let me tell you, I LOVE this book. I don't think any other book in the series is going to appeal to me as much.
It's all about Dexter trying to figure out the origin of the Dark Passenger as an entity. At one point, he starts going on a bunch of internet searches...
I found this whole segment enchanting, for personal reasons. He makes references to coming across unhinged bloggers in his searches and I was like, "Yup that's me!" Very fun.
People were SooOoOoOoo hilariously infuriated over the connection made between the Dark Passenger and Moloch in this book. I find it important to note that the book came out in 2007, when the TV show was still new. It makes me wonder if all the bizarre hatred of this book came from propaganda intentionally planted against it.
There was so little resemblance between the books and the show after a certain point, VERY early on, so why would they even be concerned with what the hell the books were saying? Maybe it's because they had to credit Jeff continually (and still do to this day). Regardless, there just seemed to be a disproportionate dislike of this particular book. Maybe people really are just that ignorant though. Wouldn't surprise me.
How fragile does your worldview have to be to get SOOOO MAD over an author delving into the idea that the root of evil is responsible for phenomena such as the desire to kill?? And I haven't listened to the ENTIRE book yet, but I think it'd be silly to assume Jeff's really drawing the line at biblical references, rather than going EVEN FARTHER BACK in history, to the dawn of time itself. He STARTS THE BOOK at the dawn of time.
It's clear that he doesn't believe the origin of the Dark Passenger truly lies within the Moloch mythos. It's just the most well documented origin story in recorded history. That's all. It's that simple. But people had to go full retard and shitcan the book entirely because of their own bias, a hatred of religion I guess. No idea. That's what I'm saying... the level of dismissal doesn't make sense.
I like Dexter in the Dark because he hasn't married Rita yet. She's still prominently featured and so are the kids, but it hasn't all been weighed down by matrimony yet. I rate this book 10/10.
