Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era by Donovan X. Ramsey

1 review

niareads78's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

This people's history of the crack epidemic was informative, heartbreaking, infuriating, and also hopeful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Classism, Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Addiction, Child abuse, Grief, and Racism

This is a great and very heavy book so I strongly suggest taking your time giving yourself breaks while reading this.