Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

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

18 reviews

____emily____'s review against another edition

informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Antisemitism, Classism, Grief, and Death

Minor: Suicide and Mental illness

samarakroeger's review against another edition

challenging dark informative slow-paced

4.25

fascinating and extensive look at the villain origin story behind the opioid epidemic.  as addicting to read as oxy (although this is certainly a slow release). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Suicide, Antisemitism, and Drug abuse

megang519's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

carpfish's review against another edition

challenging informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Suicide, Mental illness, and Drug use

Moderate: Medical trauma and Medical content

orla_h's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Suicide, Medical content, and Mental illness

cailinlillis's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Mental illness

horizonous's review

informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, and Suicide

Minor: Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Xenophobia

◦ Mental illness = addiction, descriptions of asylums in the early 20th century and treatments like electroshock therapy and lobotomy

laurenparham'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. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, and Mental illness