I couldn't get past chapter one. Just not all that interested in psychopaths.

3.5 it was pretty interesting and an easy read.

At the moment I had impression that the author desperately tries to present psychopath as something good. Author seems to admire psychopaths in some way.
Yeah, they exist, there is a spectrum of disorder, and luckily there is only 1-3% of them in the whole population.
At least author did give nice overview of the recent research in the area.

2.5 stars

I’m fascinated by the potential for psychopaths to have a place in society and the studies and examples Dutton puts forth confirm it. It seems that there is an actual NEED for them in some jobs—neurosurgeon, undercover officer, fighter
pilot.
There are links to various studies to determine a persons placement test on an index that ranks the potential. There are also offers of situations that challenge just what a non-psychopath might do.
“There’s a story making the rounds n the internet and it goes like this. While attending her mothers funeral, a woman meets a man she’s never seen before. She thinks he’s incredible. She believed him to be her soul mate... But she never asks for his number and, when the funeral is over, cannot track him down. A few da s later she kills her sister. Why? Assuming you think like a psychopath, the answer is this: because she was hoping the man would turn up again at her sisters funeral.”
Chilling.

Do you know when people say don't judge a book by its cover? Well, this book proves that saying 100% correct.
The book is unfortunately not what it is.

This book discusses in great detail what a psychopathic person is and what are his or her characteristics however it does not really deliver what it promises (the wisdom).
The art of storytelling is non-existent and is plainly boring for most of it.

This book should have it clearly stated out in the cover that this is no book of wisdom or a book for entertainment. It is a scientific research discussing what a psychopath is.

2 stars because the amount of work is actually very interesting even though I wanted to die 12 times while reading.