Joy’s Reviews > Sociopath > Status Update

I am taking breaks while reading this, not because this is not very interesting, but rather because sometimes the frank discussion of darkness and law-breaking can be a bit much for the average individual. I appreciate, however, the way that things are not shied away from.

Patric's take on her experiences wove a lot of different thoughts in my head, many which are hard to capture except in the moment I am first consuming the material. Later reflections miss my analyses. I held my breath when she hurt an animal, but was relieved to find her code kept her in check and she did not want to do it again- nor did it die.

I had just gotten to the part where she stabbed a child in the neck in order to make her leave her alone (after a series of stealing things in order to make an internal itch leave her be). I am struck by the duality of Gagne, the sweetness of her interactions with her mother and Nanny juxtaposed with this burst of violence. She writes to share her experience, and it is riveting/emotionally charged.