There is something about the premise of Dexter that keeps me going from book to book, even when I am disappointed more and more with the stories. This one, I felt, was very repetitive. He's lost, miserable, keeps hearing things, and continues to ignores his instincts that he's being followed, even when COMPLETELY obvious. Seriously, even without the chapters of "The Watcher", it would've been easy to see that he was in a dangerous situation. I felt completely underwhelmed by Dexter as a character. It's one thing to repeat the premise of ignorance that was present in the first book -- was he committing the all-too-familiar murders in his sleep? -- but we know from the very start of the book that another force is at work. It's all very frustrating and I just wanted to finish the book just to see if it got any better, if there was actually a reason behind the repetition and foolish Dexter, but there's really not, and the book's climax is over way to quickly to give you any satisfaction.