A review by kfolezzz
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

dark informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

i really appreciated this deep dive in reporting and the thoroughness with which keefe dove in. a deeply weird, dark, sad story. but i also felt like this was not completely respectful of the readers’ time — so i didn’t love every second of it. i understand it’s meant to be the most definitive text to date, but it did drag a bit. not all the details were necessary.