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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
23 reviews
horizonous's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting
Minor: Animal cruelty, Sexism, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, and Sexual harassment
◦ Mental illness = addiction, descriptions of asylums in the early 20th century and treatments like electroshock therapy and lobotomylaurenparham's review against another edition
dark
informative
medium-paced
4.75
I know I recently complained about Say Nothing but I enjoyed this book MUCH more. It was quite comprehensive, well-researched, troubling and fascinating and truly damning of all involved, no matter how they’ve tried to distance themselves from the harm they’ve caused.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, and Gaslighting
amibo's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Extremely well researched and well written - at times it reads like a thriller. This is an amazing book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gaslighting
Moderate: Addiction and Suicide