Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

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

138 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

dwiparto's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Graphic: Drug use and Drug abuse

Minor: Suicide attempt and Suicidal thoughts

linneak's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Antisemitism

dckate2004's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

5.0

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Graphic: Drug use and Drug abuse

economydreams's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Death of parent and Death

dtodd's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

Argh!! Absolutely gripping, wonderfully researched and beautifully written, just like ‘Say Nothing’. Just makes you so angry that the Sacklers still haven’t truly seen justice. Radden Keefe ties so many different strands of such a complex story together so well, while keeping it interesting and gripping right until the end. We’re lucky to have him around and I can’t wait to see what he turns his attention to next.  

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug abuse

ruusaer's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

5.0

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Graphic: Drug use and Drug abuse

aribac13's review against another edition

challenging dark informative slow-paced

5.0

incredible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse