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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
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challenging
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For me, the measure of a nonfiction book lies not just in the knowledge it imparts but in its entertainment value. To be truly blown away by it, it must read like a novel. Dreamland does just that. With short chapters full of anecdotes and personalities, Quinones intersperses facts and figures so seamlessly that you don't realize how much you've absorbed until much later.
A combination tale of small town in Mexico, the birth of modern pharmaceutical advertising and salesmen, and the big pharma business as well as human nature, pain, and happiness.
Everybody should read this.
A combination tale of small town in Mexico, the birth of modern pharmaceutical advertising and salesmen, and the big pharma business as well as human nature, pain, and happiness.
Everybody should read this.
Painstakingly detailed, thorough book. Great for anyone interested in this topic. If you're not, it may be a bit too deep of a cut. Took me a while to power through as the flow is a bit hard to follow, and the author doesn't leave anything out (which made me feel like I read the same thing a few times). Really well done overall. A sad and frustrating story.
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
It was due back and I think I got the gist.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Child death
emotional
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medium-paced
Fantastic book that really shows how the American drug cartels led in this story by Purdue Pharma cherry picked misleading data from obscure journals 25 years old to make a marketing case that highly addictive opiates are actually not addictive.
The story also highlights how the murder-for-profit health insurance industry would not pay for multidisciplinary pain management programs which actually help pain patients eventually recover, and instead would only cover pills.
This book really shows you that in the good ol' US of A, fancy misleading marketing and a quick buck are the true American core values.
The story also highlights how the murder-for-profit health insurance industry would not pay for multidisciplinary pain management programs which actually help pain patients eventually recover, and instead would only cover pills.
This book really shows you that in the good ol' US of A, fancy misleading marketing and a quick buck are the true American core values.
I found myself fascinated throughout the majority of this book but really struggled with multiple chapters feeling repetitive from earlier chapters with only a tiny amount of new information thrown in.
Quite an important and eye-opening book, but got repetitive about two-thirds of the way through.