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toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
I loved this memoir! What a fascinating look into the mind of a sociopath. Patric Gagne offers so much insight into how her mind works and debunks a lot of misconceptions that people may have about sociopathy while detailing her life in stories that are often heartbreaking, laugh out loud funny, and just plain interesting food for the brain. I loved it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, and Violence
Moderate: Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Death of parent, Self harm, and Death
Minor: Murder and Blood
torturedreadersdept's review
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Animal death, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Bullying, Dysphoria, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Body horror, and Sexual assault
dizzzybrook's review
challenging
medium-paced
4.0
This is a tricky one. For those with a strong educational foundation in mental health, psychology, or social work, the more clinical and academic information throughout this book felt very elementary. I found it very challenging to listen to Gagne’s narcissism, the way she announces herself as a sociopath on nearly every other page, and the way that so much of the events detailed throughout the memoir come across almost trivial. Gagne’s borderline obsession with finding some kind of meaning and identity in her sociopathy was extremely draining to listen to, so much so that I think this book could have benefited from a decent edit to weed out the repetition. There’s a lot of contradictory information throughout that I’m not entirely sure what to make of. This is definitely a fascinating read that I do believe is a great step forward in deconstructing the ways in which society demonizes and vastly misunderstands sociopathy, so I would say definitely pick this book up if you feel so inclined!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Stalking
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