Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

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

111 reviews

milliebrierley's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, and Forced institutionalization

charlotteg's review against another edition

dark informative slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Suicide

Minor: Antisemitism

abigail_lo's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

5.0

the only reason it took me so long to read this book is how goddamn infuriating it is. multiple times, i had to close the book before i became overpowered by sheer rage at the fucking nerve of the sacklers + everyone else they bought off. in terms of my takeaways: immense wealth and nepotism will be the literal death of our society. when corporations are allowed to buy their way through all the regulations in place in what amounts to a caricature of free-market capitalism, real people will always suffer. like he says in the afterword: while pain management is a very complex question and opioids are helpful to many people, my heart aches for those who lost their lives due to big pharma's (and specifically purdue's) lust for money. fuck capitalism -- eat the rich <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Suicide

Moderate: Mental illness and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, and Pandemic/Epidemic

vgillet's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

4.5

An absolutely devastating account of the boundless greed that led to the American opioid epidemic.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Suicide

linneak's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Minor: Cursing, Terminal illness, Antisemitism, Grief, Stalking, and Alcohol

dizzymisslizzy's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Suicide

Moderate: Antisemitism

lethaltea's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Minor: Suicide

mariawie's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Medical content

Minor: Cancer, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

sarahen's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Suicide

abby_can_read's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

4.0

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This was an intense read. It was horrifying, riveting and sickening. This was amazing reporting and storytelling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Death and Suicide

Minor: Antisemitism