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A review by pun1sher
Dreamland. Opiatowa epidemia w USA by Sam Quinones
4.25
Well that was one hefty book!
I can't say I agree with everything the author said (like how he ridiculed trigger warnings as signs of a weak psyche and talked about how running outside can prevent kids from reaching out for drugs in his ending speech. That felt very old man, "back in my times...").
But anyway, it's clear there was a lot of research that went into gathering all this information. I can't really think of any complaints right now because it's literally 3 am and I should be asleep.
I actually had to do two takes at this book - at first I read around 20% and returned around now - in May, to finish it up. It's hard to say why I had a problem with at first - I remember I was confused by the authors direction and why he spoke mostly of heroin, even though it was supposed to be about opioids. I also didn't like the chapters about Enrique, which I felt like were too novel like. I didn't like how he spoke of that man's actions and emotions like he knew them.
But anyway, I think I learned a lot
I can't say I agree with everything the author said (like how he ridiculed trigger warnings as signs of a weak psyche and talked about how running outside can prevent kids from reaching out for drugs in his ending speech. That felt very old man, "back in my times...").
But anyway, it's clear there was a lot of research that went into gathering all this information. I can't really think of any complaints right now because it's literally 3 am and I should be asleep.
I actually had to do two takes at this book - at first I read around 20% and returned around now - in May, to finish it up. It's hard to say why I had a problem with at first - I remember I was confused by the authors direction and why he spoke mostly of heroin, even though it was supposed to be about opioids. I also didn't like the chapters about Enrique, which I felt like were too novel like. I didn't like how he spoke of that man's actions and emotions like he knew them.
But anyway, I think I learned a lot