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Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'
Imperium der Schmerzen: Wie eine Familiendynastie die weltweite Opioidkrise auslöste by Patrick Radden Keefe
21 reviews
williamgideon's review against another edition
Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Suicide
elri's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Addiction, Suicide, and Medical content
Moderate: Chronic illness and Suicide attempt
nassuada's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Terminal illness, Antisemitism, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide, Terminal illness, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Forced institutionalization
stephaniezd's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Gaslighting, and Classism
aegagrus's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, and Medical content
Moderate: Suicide, Antisemitism, and Injury/Injury detail
megang519's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Grief
Moderate: Cancer and Chronic illness
Minor: Suicide, Antisemitism, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
kristin_h_reads's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, and Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Antisemitism, and Suicide attempt
maarsargo's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use
Moderate: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, and Gaslighting
Minor: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
allisonwonderlandreads's review against another edition
5.0
I'm not really sure how to review such an impactful work. I think everyone can benefit from a closer look at how the pharmaceutical industry works and how wealth is accrued and kept more broadly. It leaves me with a lot to ponder and with a lot more information at my disposal to see things clearly. Highly recommend.
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Infidelity
Minor: Chronic illness, Suicide, and Antisemitism
caseythereader's review against another edition
5.0
- Keefe is so good at discussing complicated people and topics in a conversational, easy to follow way.
- Even if you already know the basics of this story from news reports or other books like DOPESICK, I'm willing to bet there are still anecdotes in this book about the callousness of the people involved that will shock you. You think you know how greedy people can be, and yet.
- Also, this is a sort of irrelevant side note, but if this was fiction I would have dinged the author for seemingly transparently lifting Richard Sackler's personality from the characters in THE SECRET HISTORY, haha.
Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent