Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'
Smärtans imperium : berättelsen om familjen Sackler och opioidkrisen, by Patrick Radden Keefe
3 reviews
nassuada's review against another edition
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Graphic: Antisemitism, Addiction, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, Drug use, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Suicide, Terminal illness, Trafficking, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Forced institutionalization
kristin_h_reads's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
sad
fast-paced
5.0
Graphic: Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Suicide, Chronic illness, Addiction, and Drug use
Moderate: Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Antisemitism, and Drug use
caseythereader's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
slow-paced
5.0
- Pretty sure no one needs my endorsement to pick up EMPIRE OF PAIN at this point, but here it is. I don't read a ton of heavily reported nonfiction, but this is one you can't miss.
- 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.
- 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, Antisemitism, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
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