User blog comment:KainDarknight/Different Dexters: T.V. vs Books/@comment-1896873-20100827190343

The first season is almost a direct copy of the first book except for the way it ends. I watched a podcast or something when the writers were talking about it. The books are way cool and are really fun reads, I would suggest reading the rest of them. The fact that the show is different past the first season is nice because you get a double fill of dexter. The books don't spoil the show and the show doesn't spoil the books.

The Dark Passenger is portrayed differently in the books, it would be to hard to put it into the T.V show. You will learn more about this once you get into the second book. The Dark Passenger is not just what Dexter calls his natural instinct to kill. It is actually an entity that lives inside of him. Dexter is like the Dark Passenger's host. The Dark Passenger has lived in many animals jumping from host to host for thousands of years.

Its actually very cool the way they explain it.

As for the kids knowing about him in the books. Don't you think that is the way the show will start going in the upcoming season now that Rita is gone? I think that cody is going to be the killer and Astor is going to be the brains and help him. They will be like a team.