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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
13 reviews
linneak's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gaslighting, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Addiction
Moderate: Classism, Death, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Medical content, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Stalking, Alcohol, Terminal illness, Grief, Antisemitism, and Cursing
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
eelizard's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, Addiction, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Classism, Death, Drug abuse, and Medical content
laurenleigh's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use
Moderate: Medical content, Grief, Classism, Terminal illness, and Suicide
tiernanhunter's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Antisemitism, Drug use, Ableism, Mental illness, Addiction, Gaslighting, Medical content, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Cancer, Classism, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, and Pandemic/Epidemic
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
dannythestreet's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Stalking, Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Suicide, Classism, and Drug use
waybeyondblue's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Medical content
Moderate: Classism, Death, Addiction, Stalking, and Suicide
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
stephaniezd's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Addiction, Classism, Drug use, Gaslighting, and Chronic illness