Dexter

Anybody have Darkly Dreaming Dexter series? I hear the first two are good, but the third is a real turd.

I just got into the TV show, and I'm wanting to check out the books before I go farther.

I read the first one and thought it was awful.  the concept is interesting but the writing is horrible.  It seems like at least once every page Dexter points out that he has no emotions, like "If I were normal I would feel this right now, but I have no emotions so I fake it instead."  The writer just uses Dexter's narration to tell you that sort of thing instead of showing it through action.  Its like the writer is a 15 year old that read American Psycho and is trying to emulate that.  Or maybe I just have a different taste for literature.