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Sociopath
- A journey into the mind of a woman without remorse and her fight to understand her diagnosis
- Narrated by: Patric Gagne
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Read by the author, Patric Gagne.
'Your friends would probably describe me as nice. But guess what? I can't stand your friends. I'm a liar. I'm a thief. I'm highly manipulative. I don't care what other people think. I'm capable of almost anything.'
Sociopath: A Memoir is at once a mesmerizing tale of a life lived on the edge of the law, a redemptive love story and a moving account of one woman's battle to create a place for herself and a deeper understanding of people who, like her, are sociopaths.
Ever since she was a small child, Patric Gagne knew she was different. Although she felt intense love for her family and her best friend, David, these connections were never enough to make her be 'good', or to reduce her feelings of apathy and frustration. As she grew older, her behaviour escalated from petty theft through to breaking and entering, stalking, and worse.
As an adult, Patric realized that she was a sociopath. Although she instantly connected with the official descriptions of sociopathy, she also knew they didn't tell the full story: she had a plan for her life, had nurtured close relationships and was doing her best (most of the time) to avoid harming others. As her darker impulses warred against her attempts to live a settled, loving life with her partner, Patric began to wonder - was there a way for sociopaths to integrate happily into society? And could she find it before her own behaviour went a step too far?
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- laura fernandez
- 22-04-2024
Amazing insight
This book has taught me so much about an important topic I knew nothing about. Very insightful and interesting. Great narration too. I have recommended to my fellow reading friends.
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- Anonymous User
- 22-04-2024
Relatable
Great read if you’re not going to be too scared by what you relate to … but I guess that’s the test right?!
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- Anonymous User
- 14-04-2024
Entertaining with some interesting revelations, but not sure about the authenticity.
What could have been a fairly tedious prosaic retelling of the day to day life of a sociopath is a narrative of self-discovery with Gagne skilfully building understanding and compassion for herself and others experiencing this condition through intimate self-revelatory admissions and moments of epiphany.
However, that said, I’m not sure I buy it. Firstly, I’m puzzled as to how a sociopath is able to transform a limited emotional repertoire into a series of emotionally nuanced scenes and descriptions. For example, there are several quite lyrical descriptions of nature and Gagne’s understanding of how a male musician misinterprets her “friendship” as romantic overture is rendered in dialogue that seems too perfectly to convey his disillusionment.
In addition, narrative license aside, I question Gagne’s seemingly photographic memory of her actions and speech.
And my final hesitation applies to her tone - both literal and stylistic. I found her reading of the work undeniably engaging, but also self-consciously stagey. This made me question the authenticity at times. At other times, I found the narrative rather self-congratulatory - as though Gagne was revelling in her sinister and exploitative mindset. And this didn’t seem to jell with her motivation to become a clinical psychologist in order to help other sociopaths… Isn’t that an example of altruistic behaviour motivated by some level of empathy that is out of reach for sociopaths?? I’m confused.
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