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The first memoir of its kind, Confessions of a Sociopath is an engrossing, highly captivating narrative of the author's life as a diagnosed sociopath. She is a charismatic charmer, an ambitious self-promoter, and a cunning and calculating liar. She can induce you to invest in her financial schemes, vote for her causes, and even join her in bed. Like a real-life Lisbeth Salander, she has her own system of ethics, and like Dexter, she thrives on bending and occasionally breaking the rules. She is a diagnosed, high-functioning, noncriminal sociopath, and this is her world from her point of view. Drawn from the author's own experiences; her popular blog, Sociopathworld.com; and scientific literature, Confessions of a Sociopath is part confessional memoir, part primer for the curious. Written from the point of view of a diagnosed sociopath, it unveils for the very first time these people who are hiding in plain sight. The book confirms suspicions and debunks myths about sociopathy, providing a road map for dealing with the sociopath in your life.
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This one was an odd one. I really enjoyed the first hundred pages because I've always enjoyed seeing how people's minds work, especially if they're different than I am. The book is a discussion of how she's functioned as a sociopath in the world so I get that she doesn't care if she hurts people and I get that she doesn't feel guilt or remorse because it's just business to her, but after awhile I just don't want to read about it anymore. The stories range from early childhood to adulthood but they all have one thing in common: her disregarding the rights and feelings of others to get what she wants. So if you don't mind that and you want to see the mind of a sociopath in detail, then this is the book for you. It just got to be too much for me and I put it down halfway through. Maybe I'll pick it up again when I have fewer things on my to-read shelf but probably not.