CREATESPACE 30 Covert Emotional Manipulation Tactics: How Manipulators Take Control in Personal Relationships

Great book!

I don't recommend you this book. For the same price you have way better options. Poor quality book and product.

Good book, good introduction to the subject of narcissists and emotional manipulators. It's short, to the point and clear.This book won't give you case studies, or indepth personal experiences or how you should handle each tactic, but then the book doesn't claim to.If you think you might be in a relationship with a narcissist or someone that seems to really be playing on your sense of reality eg. gaslighting, then I'd recommend this book as a starting point as you will see if you recognise your partner in these pages. If you do, seek help!

If you or someone you care for is in a high-conflict relationship, this book could be a huge support. When I was coming out of an abusive relationship with a narcissist, a counselor gave this to me. Reading through these tactics revealed the truth behind what I had been experiencing. The explanations of each form of manipulation helped me realize that I actually WASN'T crazy and redirected me toward setting boundaries and processing what I had lived through.

I've gone down the rabbit hole and am in the process of reading dozens of books on Narcissism, manipulation, and toxic relationship dynamics. I'm giving this only 3 stars because of the cost for what it is, compared to other books in this space and price range. There is some good info in here, but overall it feels as if someone read only a few books on this subject, and quickly wrote a short book based on their key observations. I think this could be helpful for the causal observer, but if you've ever been in a highly manipulative, abusive, or dangerous relationship this is probably too much of a surface level casual observation read.There are some good summaries of manipulation tactics, but some of the info I do not agree with in here also (and is contracted in other expert books on this subject), for example "Listen to friends and family members who you know to have you best interests at heart." This can be highly dangerous for a victim because family members and friends often have limited information, and often give well meaning bad advice that suits the manipulator, for example "It cant be that bad" or "You can work things out," and further invalidates a victim.