mshayne's review against another edition
3.0
Should be subtitled: "You're so vain, you probably think this book is about you."
aprilmay11's review against another edition
2.0
This book has more to do with a husband that is a narcissist and not an ex husband like me. I seems like a lot of the advice was how to tolerate it and not how to help yourself out.
swoody788's review against another edition
3.0
The first half was very informative, and I'm now positive that some former members of my family are textbook narcissists (which is why I read this book in the first place). The second half was a little too touchy feely and assumed that the reader must have had some awful experiences in his or her childhood to be so affected by narcissists. I don't believe that is the case but whatever.
adogmomsbookishlife's review against another edition
1.0
My rating might not be completely fair, because I’m sure there are plenty of people who could take value from this book. But, for me, there was too much psychology and the examples of how to communicate were so unnatural. Maybe it’s just because I could have benefited from the information at an earlier place in my life compared to now, but I just didn’t take much away from this book. I felt like I could have been reading something else that benefited me more. I stuck with it because there were some “ah ha moments” or moments I could relate to, but not enough to make me wish I hadn’t added to my DNF list.
corrinda's review against another edition
4.0
I read this because I was interested in what creates a narcissist. There was a lot of references to developmental psychology (such as Dan Seigel's whole brain child) and the impact of schemas that are established in childhood which I found fascinating. There is something in this for everyone, not just people with narcissists in their lives. Loads of tools for general conflict resolution and coping with the narcissistic tendencies of others as well as ourselves.
lmblanchard's review against another edition
3.0
Eh. Didn't really have the answers I was searching for, but still an interesting read.