Kristin Dombek

it lost me. started off strong but I think it's fair to say I did not get any particular insights out of this book. i like how she starts by reframing the conventional victim-of-narcissist narrative to show how this narrative privileges the storyteller. in other words, by telling a story of someone you think is a narcissist, it's really all about you and your victimhood becomes the story. so it may be narcissistic to believe you're the victim of a narcissist. on the other hand. anyway the book lost me with the interminable studies that seem to show nothing in particular, and the anecdotes which seem not to add up. all of which points to the idea of narcissism itself being a canard. which may be the point. or?… (plus d'informations)