Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

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

135 reviews

luckyone's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

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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

challenging dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

4.0

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Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Cancer, Medical content, and Chronic illness

dominicangirl's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

5.0

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Graphic: Addiction

hannahmci's review against another edition

dark informative slow-paced

5.0

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Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Addiction

taliakdean's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

3.75

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

madisophi's review against another edition

informative

4.75

The origins of the opioid crisis told through 3 generations of a single family. How the founders of the family pioneered a new way of drug advertising and how their children would carry on the legacy ten fold. If you’ve ever heard the name Sackler before, this is a must read. The author did an amazing job researching this book and outlining this story in a way that, while long, feels concise into the point. Highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, and Drug use

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Suicide

dannythestreet's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Stalking, Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Suicide, Classism, and Drug use

ksuazo94's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Addiction, Death, and Grief

Minor: Medical trauma

waybeyondblue's review against another edition

challenging dark informative tense slow-paced

5.0

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Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Classism, Death, Addiction, Stalking, and Suicide

yilliun's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Such an amazing and informative book about the family who (allegedly) fueled the opioid crisis both in the US and now abroad. The author does a great job with outlining each of these people and their motives. He certainly proves that people don’t become billionaires without exploiting others along the way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Addiction

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Drug use, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Suicide attempt and Suicide