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through_my_eyes81's review against another edition
3.0
Started this book a few years ago, as I was dealing with people with troublesome behaviours. I lost interest and bookmarked it. Came back to it in recent weeks. It’s more about how to work with others effectively to avoid and manage those who demonstrate psychopathic behaviours.
romcm's review against another edition
3.0
A bit too pop-psychology for me. Some interesting anecdotes, but not a lot of actual advice.
efabri123's review against another edition
5.0
I thought I knew everything I needed to know about psychopaths and narcissists from experience. I was wrong! This book had some amazing insight. Almost every chapter had me learning something new and revisiting some unpleasant memories but with the idea of a lesson learned behind it. And it's true- there are more psychopaths in the US!!!
mockingjayreads's review against another edition
DNF @ 15%
This guy is just talking out of his ass, throwing around terms and using them as he wishes, with no real regard to their actual meanings.
This guy is just talking out of his ass, throwing around terms and using them as he wishes, with no real regard to their actual meanings.
larrys's review against another edition
In contrast to authors such as Kevin Dutton, David Gillespie has no time for psychopaths and this is a handbook for empaths, faced with very bad behaviour.
I was onreading a Reddit thread some months ago, or maybe it was Quora. In any case, self-disclosed psychopaths were answering questions and I'm not so sure people lacking affective empathy are necessarily immoral, or even amoral. It seems to be a choice.
I'm therefore a bit hesitant to villify an entire category of neurodivergence. It will be interesting to see if activism speaks out in defence of the psychopath in the coming years.
I was onreading a Reddit thread some months ago, or maybe it was Quora. In any case, self-disclosed psychopaths were answering questions and I'm not so sure people lacking affective empathy are necessarily immoral, or even amoral. It seems to be a choice.
I'm therefore a bit hesitant to villify an entire category of neurodivergence. It will be interesting to see if activism speaks out in defence of the psychopath in the coming years.
mw2k's review
3.0
An entertaining and useful work, though the author bungs it on, and draws out his subject excessively, and this book could've been shorter by 50 pages. You pretty much know what a psychopath is, and how to identify one in public by about chapter five, but these points are reiterated each subsequent chapter.
mw2k's review against another edition
3.0
An entertaining and useful work, though the author bungs it on, and draws out his subject excessively, and this book could've been shorter by 50 pages. You pretty much know what a psychopath is, and how to identify one in public by about chapter five, but these points are reiterated each subsequent chapter.