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I went into this book with really high expectations which was, as always, my downfall. But can you really blame me? This book sets itself up to be completely fascinating! To be fair, it did have a lot to offer, however, you have to get through a lot of other stuff to find it. The first half read like a textbook and I'm sure many people appreciated that but I am not one of them. The information Fallon wrote about in those sections could have been interesting but it was so dense. I had a hard time understanding what he was trying to explain and even if I could understand it, I had a hard time connecting it to psychopathy. The beginning was really hard to get through and I skipped over most of the scientific explanations but I'm glad I kept going because the last few chapters met my original expectations. It was really interesting reading about his personal life and how he behaves or thinks differently. To make this book more enjoyable for me, I would have made the whole book more like the last two chapters and rewrite the scientific aspects. I think they were important to include but didn't clearly connect to the subject and were not explained well. Maybe other scientists would get it but broadening the audience would have been beneficial. In the end, I did learn a lot which is always good, especially since this topic is so fascinating to me. I don't think I would recommend it to anyone but I think I'm glad I read it.