holly_117 's review for:

The Psychopath Inside: A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey into the Dark Side of the Brain by James Fallon

2.0

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This book has an interesting premise and there is some interesting science, but the author is a straight up jackass and that makes it REALLY hard to read at times. His entitlement and abuse of white privilege really make you want to smack the hypocritical shit out of him at times. For example, he describes residential burglary and theft of a motor vehicle as "harmless teenage fun/hijinks" when he does it, then goes on and on about how he doesn't show any of the criminal traits of an antisocial psychopath. W. T. F.

That said, if you can wade through his narcissistic bullshit, there is some interesting science of the brain going.