Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

5 reviews

aniajo's review against another edition

challenging informative sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Racism and Medical content

nila's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective tense slow-paced

4.5

Such a well-organised and well-researched book. I usually struggle with these kinds of deep-dive documentaries, but the audiobook was easy to follow and very engaging. It's a disturbing read; Keefe weaves us through the history of the Sackler family that spans decades and how their family roots are twined through so many industries and aspects of our everyday lives. A very eye-opening listen/read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Suicide, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Racism

careinthelibrary's review against another edition

medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Medical content

Moderate: Bullying, Mental illness, Suicide, Stalking, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Racism

medical racism

brinnet's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Very interesting look into a wealthy American family and their role in modern drug addiction.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Racism, Toxic relationship, and Antisemitism

arianashea's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Death and Drug abuse

Minor: Racism