Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

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

140 reviews

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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Graphic: Drug abuse

janekeats's review against another edition

5.0

Unbelievably eye opening to the opioid crisis. I cannot recommend this book enough. The Sackler Family truly needs to be held accountable for the harm that they have caused. 

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Graphic: Drug use and Drug abuse

k15mb03's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Moderate: Drug use and Drug abuse

rachelc1012's review

dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

4.0

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Graphic: Drug use and Drug abuse

sarahen's review

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Suicide

abby_can_read's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

4.0

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This was an intense read. It was horrifying, riveting and sickening. This was amazing reporting and storytelling. 

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Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, and Drug use

Moderate: Suicide and Death

Minor: Antisemitism

lumbra's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Graphic: Suicide, Medical content, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Antisemitism

quantumponies's review

4.5

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Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, and Drug use

Moderate: Suicide

emilynied's review

dark informative reflective slow-paced

3.25

It's so clear that the author put so much effort into researching and truly understanding the impact of the Sackler Dynasty and their painkiller empire. Many parts of this were extremely powerful and emotional - it cut true and deep.

I listened to this book, which was about twenty hours (it was a lot). I think as far as nonfiction goes, I didn't love the structure of the book - I think the presentation of facts and anecdotes, particularly over audio was sometimes difficult to understand and connect. That's why I rated it a three star.

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Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Addiction