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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
17 reviews
jhbandcats's review
5.0
Keefe’s dense, heavily researched account of the rise of the Sackler family (they developed Valium so they were knew about addiction from early on) and the way they created the opioid epidemic is absolutely maddening. To see them literally getting away with murder is, well, criminal.
Keefe interviewed two hundred people and had access to hundreds of thousands of pages of correspondence and depositions. He’s able to wade through this mass of information and create a cohesive, easily understood narrative. I know little about medicine and even less about business but the story he details was accessible even to a layman.
Literally more than half the book includes references, footnotes, an index - this is a phenomenally well-documented work. Everyone should read it. It’s a testament to how the rich control the lives of the rest of us.
Graphic: Medical content, Classism, Death, Drug abuse, Trafficking, Drug use, Gaslighting, Suicide, Addiction, Cancer, and Chronic illness
eelizard's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, Addiction, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Classism, Death, Drug abuse, and Medical content
luckyone's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical content, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Classism, Bullying, and Antisemitism
Minor: Suicide, Chronic illness, Stalking, Ableism, and Antisemitism
bennyfelds's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Addiction
Moderate: Drug abuse
Minor: Cancer, Medical content, and Chronic illness
ksuazo94's review against another edition
3.75
Moderate: Chronic illness, Addiction, Death, and Grief
Minor: Medical trauma
matildak28's review against another edition
5.0
Quite simply, this is incredible and this writer is nothing short of brilliant. I will be seeking out his other works immediately.
Graphic: Classism, Grief, Addiction, Drug use, Death, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Chronic illness
williamgideon's review against another edition
Moderate: Chronic illness, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Suicide
elri's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Addiction, Suicide, and Medical content
Moderate: Suicide attempt and Chronic illness
nassuada's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Antisemitism, Addiction, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, Drug use, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Suicide, Terminal illness, Trafficking, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Forced institutionalization
stephaniezd's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Addiction, Classism, Drug use, Gaslighting, and Chronic illness