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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
18 reviews
stephaniezd's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Addiction, Classism, Drug use, Gaslighting, and Chronic illness
aegagrus's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Chronic illness, and Medical content
Moderate: Suicide, Antisemitism, and Injury/Injury detail
megang519's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, Infidelity, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Death
Moderate: Cancer and Chronic illness
Minor: Suicide attempt, Antisemitism, Suicide, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
kristin_h_reads's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Suicide, Chronic illness, Addiction, and Drug use
Moderate: Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Antisemitism, and Drug use
maarsargo's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use
Moderate: Suicide, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, and Chronic illness
Minor: Self harm, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Death
allisonwonderlandreads's review against another edition
5.0
I'm not really sure how to review such an impactful work. I think everyone can benefit from a closer look at how the pharmaceutical industry works and how wealth is accrued and kept more broadly. It leaves me with a lot to ponder and with a lot more information at my disposal to see things clearly. Highly recommend.
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Infidelity
Minor: Antisemitism, Chronic illness, and Suicide
caseythereader's review
5.0
- Keefe is so good at discussing complicated people and topics in a conversational, easy to follow way.
- Even if you already know the basics of this story from news reports or other books like DOPESICK, I'm willing to bet there are still anecdotes in this book about the callousness of the people involved that will shock you. You think you know how greedy people can be, and yet.
- Also, this is a sort of irrelevant side note, but if this was fiction I would have dinged the author for seemingly transparently lifting Richard Sackler's personality from the characters in THE SECRET HISTORY, haha.
Graphic: Addiction, Antisemitism, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
sjanke2's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction
Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, and Medical content