The Prince (Or What In The Hell is This)

Soo…I’m currently “The Prince” by Machiavelli and I am utterly confused by it. Was this dude a psychopath? Am I suppose to deeply analysis his ideas and interpret them in a special style. Cuz this dude is confusing and he was clearly fucked up in the head.
Don’t get me wrong, this is a good book and it making me interested in politics and power, but there’s a good reason a Dark Triad was named after him