Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'
Smärtans imperium : berättelsen om familjen Sackler och opioidkrisen, by Patrick Radden Keefe
8 reviews
elri's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Addiction, Suicide, and Medical content
Moderate: Suicide attempt and Chronic illness
nassuada's review against another edition
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
butlerebecca's review against another edition
4.25
I want to rate this a four but I’m giving it more because I think it has to do with the fact that I have already watched Dopesick and prefer the pace and arc of that, but recognize the point of this book is more Sackler and less first-hand addiction experience
Graphic: Drug use, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, and Suicide
Moderate: Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content
_fallinglight_'s review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Classism, and Death
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Suicide
megang519's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, Infidelity, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Death
Moderate: Cancer and Chronic illness
Minor: Suicide attempt, Antisemitism, Suicide, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
kristin_h_reads's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Suicide, Chronic illness, Addiction, and Drug use
Moderate: Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Antisemitism, and Drug use
nothingforpomegranted's review against another edition
5.0
I was fascinated by every element of this book (though the introduction of Arthur Sackler and the family history developed in Part 1 was my favorite section), and it was one of those audiobooks that had me seeking out more household chores in order to keep listening. Patrick Radden Keefe narrates his own writing fabulously, and he wrote an absolutely incredibly piece of investigative journalism that never bothered me with its length or detail.
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical trauma, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
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, Antisemitism, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Suicide, and Suicide attempt