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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
22 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
korpney's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Suicide and Suicide attempt
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
maggie_the_ferocious_reader's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Gaslighting
dannythestreet's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Stalking, Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Suicide, Classism, and Drug use
readandfindout's review against another edition
4.5
Themes: 4.5 stars
Perspective: 5 stars
Graphic: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Death, Child death, and Addiction
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Antisemitism
laura_clarinets's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Drug abuse, Gaslighting, and Suicide
cathuluu's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Medical content, Gaslighting, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use
Minor: Antisemitism and Suicide
brinnet's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Gaslighting, Drug use, Drug abuse, Medical content, Child death, Addiction, Grief, Death, and Death of parent
Minor: Toxic relationship, Antisemitism, and Racism