218 reviews for:

Talking with Psychopaths and Savages Mass Murderers and Spree Killers

Christopher Berry-Dee, Christopher Berry-Dee

2.71 AVERAGE

alja08's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

mala_138's review against another edition

2.0

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Despite being excited about the title and the promise, I found this book to be ridiculously hard to read. The narrative is all over the place and the author’s insertion of self in the book was annoying. I thought it would be more scientific and from more professional angle. Kept falling asleep reading it and ended up just skimming.

read_by_kirsty's review against another edition

3.0

informative medium-paced

shadzrose's review against another edition

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Thought it would be an insightful read as someone who's schizophrenic myself and often experiences symptoms that psychotic people also experience but instead it was the writer speaking just to inhale his own breath, marveling at the smell of it for ~300 pages. I just got frustrated with his constant pompous attitude.

estrelpzz's review against another edition

3.5

dark informative medium-paced

beckse's review against another edition

3.0

dark informative fast-paced

starsailor8032's review against another edition

2.0

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The author’s ego ruined the book for me, as he often commented on his own achievements rather than giving us objective information on the subject matter, which otherwise would have been very interesting. Additionally the terminology used surrounding DID and OSDD were completely incorrect, using a term that has not been in use since 1994.

adelenc's review against another edition

1.0

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I found this book unexplainably disappointing. The title and synopsis promise an insightful and meaningful analysis into some of the most famous psychotic and savage minds of our time and instead Berry-Dee does nothing but promote himself, his other books, and repeat the same 5 stories over and over. I think he's trying to make himself relatable and witty but he comes across as arrogant and, ironically, narcissistic. I think his previous books may have the interesting analysis that I was looking for. I suppose this one isn't bad for an overview of Christopher Berry-Dee's life work being a groupie for a host of British and American serial killers...

lenierd's review against another edition

1.5

informative slow-paced

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the author always mentioned his word count and didn’t dive deep into the topics 

dorotea_'s review against another edition

3.25

dark informative medium-paced