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jackiejackiejackiee's review
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
I really enjoyed this book and it definitely made me want to do something about the overdose crisis. I'm not sure how to engage but I am sure I can find a way how.
richlizzard's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
lyonsmw's review
4.0
Can a book be both gutting and hopeful? Beth Macy’s “Raising Lazarus” is exactly that. Gutting that the reprehensible S*ckler family, aptly referred to as a cartel throughout the book, have essentially escaped scot-free. Macy shows them no mercy. Hopeful as Macy empathetically details the heroic efforts of harm reduction specialists to save those ensnared in opioid addiction. This is a difficult, important read.
turtlewoman101's review
4.0
In Raising Lazarus, Beth Macy takes us into the trenches to meet the everyday people who are fighting the opioid epidemic. I read Dopesick in 2019 and found this was a good companion, but it isn't necessary to read both to get the full picture of how opioid addiction has ravaged so many communities. This was not an easy read, but a worthwhile one.
juliebcooper's review against another edition
4.0
I JUST WROTE A WHOLE LONG PARAGRAPH AND THIS STUPID APP FROZE ON ME.
Since I don’t feel like rewriting it - I’ll say the following:
3.5 rounded up
1) I consider this to be a companion to Dopesick.
2) Macy tries to cover a bit too much ground and would have been better off sticking to just the (well-written and poignant) stories of those working in the trenches and those who are in recovery.
3) We need to focus on harm reduction. Drugs aren’t going anywhere.
Since I don’t feel like rewriting it - I’ll say the following:
3.5 rounded up
1) I consider this to be a companion to Dopesick.
2) Macy tries to cover a bit too much ground and would have been better off sticking to just the (well-written and poignant) stories of those working in the trenches and those who are in recovery.
3) We need to focus on harm reduction. Drugs aren’t going anywhere.
elizabeth_1898's review
2.0
Although perhaps I should blame my preoccupied mind and not the book, I had a lot of difficulty following this one. It seemed to jump all over the place, from story to story, without a central theme or purpose. Although I read many personal anecdotes and stories, I do not feel like I know any more about the opioid epidemic than I did from, say, reading articles in The Atlantic .