A review by kristensreadingnook
Bewilderness by Karen Tucker

4.0

As a friend to someone with an opioid addiction, this book is hard, and yet, clarifying to me about things I haven’t understood before. I’ve read Empire of Pain and watched Dopesick on Hulu and I’m disgusted by Big Pharma, as are so many people. This novel brought an even more personal glimpse into the real people who are suffering from addiction. Even though this is fiction, the characters felt so real.

I hadn’t heard of this before the Aspen Words long list, but I hope it gets much more recognition because Karen Tucker has written an incredible book.