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I don't normally listen to sci-fi because of the amount of detail they tend to contain, but this was simple enough for me to be able to keep up yet also interesting enough to make me want to know what's going to happen next.

I didn't realise this was the first book on a series, but at least I have something to look forward to now!

After having read Pekkanen's books with Greer Hendricks and loving those this fell really flat. There's a lot, too much even, going on, everyone's a suspect, no matter how flimsily, and the climax was just.... eh.

I feel like I would've enjoyed the book more without Stella's backstory being thrown into the mix with all it's drama that just felt like it was there to add fluff. There was no need to go into her divorce or into the new fling, (which, btw, felt like a lousy copout for "fixing" Stella's situation of not wanting to have babies. The book was published in 2024, gay couples can have babies too!) the drama of her history would've been sufficient.

The ending felt like it would never come and was full of info dumping.

A very interesting story about growing up with a diagnosis that healthcare professionals don't acknowledge even though it affects every aspect of your life. The audiobook read by Patric Gagne herself was a great listen.

I was sceptical at the beginning, as the author made it sound like she was very aware of the nuances of how her mind worked as a child and teenager, rather than that she was looking at her behaviour through the lense of experience, but when I followed her into college and working life the feeling abated and I was able to enjoy the way she explored her own mind and that of those who were close to her at one point or another.

As always with autobiographies I was at times wondering how much was portrayed as it actually happened and how much was simplified for easier digestion, but Sociopath is all the same a book I would love to read again. It made me think about how I perceive myself and how it would be good for everyone (sociopath or not) to be able to like how they are and who they are. I have to admit I've never thought about sociopathy much at all, I can't even think of the word for it in my native language, and it feels like an interesting thing to look further into.

I wish Patric all the future success in deepening our understanding of the trait and on helping those who are like her.

I enjoyed the story but at the same time I felt like there would've been space for so much more. It has all the faults that the most awarded stories have in my opinion: it circles around an issue but doesn't solve it, even in its own reality.

So many interesting aspects that I would've loved to learn more about, all of it just dropped in as sidelines and hinted at, none of it actually explored.