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Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic by Sam Quinones
3.0
This book was quite heavy. I already knew that opiates were a problem in the United States, but oh my.. I did not know that it was this bad. This really opened my eyes to the major flaws and mistakes that led up to this point, and it seems that little is done to actually change things on a deeper than surface level.
So, why 3 stars? Well it was well written, I feel like the writer had done a lot of research. However, a lot felt like repetition. He obviously had to make clear in how many places this was happening, and how separate these situations were being treated until people finally started to connect the dots. But often I found myself wondering if I was reading a part for the second time and my ereader somehow made a mistake or didn't save my progress.. This was not the case, just a lot of the same descriptions for very similar situations.
So, why 3 stars? Well it was well written, I feel like the writer had done a lot of research. However, a lot felt like repetition. He obviously had to make clear in how many places this was happening, and how separate these situations were being treated until people finally started to connect the dots. But often I found myself wondering if I was reading a part for the second time and my ereader somehow made a mistake or didn't save my progress.. This was not the case, just a lot of the same descriptions for very similar situations.