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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
22 reviews
exmareadastra's review
challenging
emotional
informative
sad
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Death, Grief, and Medical content
Minor: Antisemitism and Child death
sjanke2's review against another edition
dark
informative
tense
medium-paced
5.0
This is not a book about the opioid crisis. Rather, it's a book about a powerful American family that profits off of pain. Patrick Radden Keefe's investigative journalism here is dense, detailed, impressive. I wasn't sure I'd enjoy this book about rich people as much as I enjoyed Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland, but I couldn't stop listening. On top of being a talented journalist, Keefe is an engaging, urgent voice narrator.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction
Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, and Medical content
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