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A review by adamgolden
The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry by Jon Ronson
4.0
(4/5★)
Although not entirely what I expected from the title of the novel, Jon Ronson weaves together several captivating stories about psychopaths and mental disorders in general. Interviewing psychopaths themselves and the scientists that study them, Ronson makes an interesting case about the idea of a psychopath, and that it isn't as cut-and-dried and everybody thinks. One of the more intriguing aspects of this book is the history of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, and how it evolved into the completely different monster that it is today. Only time will tell how accurate and credible it will be in the future, but as it stands right now, there is definitely something fishy about how new mental disorders are popping up left and right, and in turn, medication for them as well.
Although not entirely what I expected from the title of the novel, Jon Ronson weaves together several captivating stories about psychopaths and mental disorders in general. Interviewing psychopaths themselves and the scientists that study them, Ronson makes an interesting case about the idea of a psychopath, and that it isn't as cut-and-dried and everybody thinks. One of the more intriguing aspects of this book is the history of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, and how it evolved into the completely different monster that it is today. Only time will tell how accurate and credible it will be in the future, but as it stands right now, there is definitely something fishy about how new mental disorders are popping up left and right, and in turn, medication for them as well.