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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
105 reviews
k15mb03's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Drug use and Drug abuse
rachelc1012's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Drug use and Drug abuse
sarahen's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use
Minor: Suicide
abby_can_read's review against another edition
4.0
This was an intense read. It was horrifying, riveting and sickening. This was amazing reporting and storytelling.
Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, and Drug use
Moderate: Suicide and Death
Minor: Antisemitism
quantumponies's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, and Drug use
Moderate: Suicide
emilynied's review against another edition
3.25
I listened to this book, which was about twenty hours (it was a lot). I think as far as nonfiction goes, I didn't love the structure of the book - I think the presentation of facts and anecdotes, particularly over audio was sometimes difficult to understand and connect. That's why I rated it a three star.
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Addiction
jhbandcats's review against another edition
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
_meeg's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Drug use, Medical trauma, Grief, Drug abuse, and Addiction
Moderate: Death
radmartigan's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Drug use, Pandemic/Epidemic, Drug abuse, and Addiction
ginnydw's review against another edition
4.75
Moderate: Drug use and Drug abuse
Minor: Suicide