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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
87 reviews
vgillet's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Addiction
Minor: Suicide
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
dizzymisslizzy's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Drug use, Suicide, Drug abuse, and Addiction
Moderate: Antisemitism
lethaltea's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction
Minor: Suicide
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
taytastic's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Addiction, Death, and Child death
Moderate: Suicide
lumbra's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Suicide, Medical content, and Drug abuse
Moderate: Antisemitism
quantumponies's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, and Drug use
Moderate: Suicide
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