I'm giving a short review to help anyone who is thinking of buying this book with their interaction with it.
I have mixed feelings of this book;
It was helpful in ways:
> identifying and considering behaviors
> validating experiences
> giving ideas for selfcare and positive habits.
> It was written by an adult survivor who speaks from her own experiences and research, which is always validating to read.
> It was written in a simple way that young people, or those who know very little about psychology could easily access.
However, I imagine there will be better books out there to get the same things from.
It was disjointed and poorly edited (it is self published, and the author mentions in the foreword that they do not consider themselves 'a writer'), which at times was a little off-putting. The author is not a specialist in mental health of any kind, and provides no references (a point they also do acknowledge from the beginning). It borders on ableism in the way that the author talks about narcissism itself, and there are a few lines around how 'frustrating' it can be if the mother has any kind of disability...
Finally, it is very heavily based on the idea of a typical, heteronormative mother and father family unit with extended family interactions, which just didn't connect to my life very well; it was a little disappointing.

Overall it was helpful to read, but I would say about the same level as reading a blog or forum post from people who have lived experience. It was the validation, simplicity, and 'community' feel of it that I found beneficial.