Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

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

130 reviews

vgillet's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

4.5

An absolutely devastating account of the boundless greed that led to the American opioid epidemic.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Addiction

Minor: Suicide

linneak's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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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

bluedijon's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Patrick Radden Keefe has ruined podcasts for me. I listened to this book as an audiobook, and it's set such a high standard for investigative journalism and thorough, empathetic prose that I just can't listen to anything with less attention to detail, and the humanity of the subjects of the story. This is a horrific story, don't get me wrong - it's hundreds of pages studying a family engaging in willful ignorance at best, and exploitation of human lives in exchange for profit at its worst. It's a masterful work that everyone should read (or listen to :) ).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, and Addiction

dizzymisslizzy's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

5.0

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Graphic: Drug use, Suicide, Drug abuse, and Addiction

Moderate: Antisemitism

chaoticquill's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Graphic: Addiction

economydreams's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Death of parent and Death

faefires's review against another edition

slow-paced

5.0

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Graphic: Addiction

lethaltea's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

5.0

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Graphic: Addiction

Minor: Suicide

emilywj's review against another edition

5.0

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Graphic: Addiction

clareehebert's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction