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4.47 AVERAGE
4.47 AVERAGE
This story is one I've heard a lot about but never really knew in great detail. It was shocking to read about how people knew and ignored the rape of so many women by Harvey Weinstein....as well as others in Hollywood and big business. It made my heart rate to read about the crimes and the people who tried super hard to stop Ronan Farrow from telling the story. Stunning! As I was reading this, my husband came home to tell me a story about people he knows that have done pretty much the same thing: let men who have money get away with crimes done to other people. Un-freaking-believable.
I sometimes had a hard time following the story because there were so many names and most of them I was unfamiliar with. Maybe people who are better at knowing actors names and others involved in the movie industry could keep track of it all.
I sometimes had a hard time following the story because there were so many names and most of them I was unfamiliar with. Maybe people who are better at knowing actors names and others involved in the movie industry could keep track of it all.
A pretty good book with lots of really in depth and revealing details. I think the book shined when it dealt with the Harvey Weinstein story, which is a majority of the book, but felt it struggled a bit once it moved from that. I felt there could have been more focus on NBC trying to bury that story, which is really only the last couple of chapters. The focus of the book just got a little loose in the final third. The narration was good, I enjoyed Farrow's region specific accents.
I listened to this on Audible (not something I do often) and as someone who followed the Weinstein case I was shocked by how much I didn’t know/learned from this book. I appreciated the in-depth examples Farrow provides that exemplify systemic patriarchy that consistently supports harmful men in power over the women they abuse. Listening to it while this Diddy stuff is coming out feels like Deja vu - because it is the exact same system. Also wild that NBC ultimately promoted some of the people who prevented the story from airing. One downside was his really bad accents for Eastern European characters. Otherwise strongly recommend.
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A fantastic and must-read piece of journalism that reads like a spy thriller. It’s still unfathomable to me that this is a nonfiction account of the lengths to which powerful men in Hollywood and beyond will go in order to keep their secrets hidden.
Beyond Ronan Farrow’s brave dive into Harvey Weinstein’s predation, Catch and Kill is a glimmer of hope in this grim world run itself by a predator. While the extensiveness of the coverups and the evil ways of monsters like Weinstein were anger-inducing, the bravery of these women to come forward and speak their truth was so powerful, and Farrow’s conviction to make that truth known is inspiring. I’m hopeful that the #MeToo movement will continue to gather steam, that the press can operate independently, and that abusers will be brought to justice.
Beyond Ronan Farrow’s brave dive into Harvey Weinstein’s predation, Catch and Kill is a glimmer of hope in this grim world run itself by a predator. While the extensiveness of the coverups and the evil ways of monsters like Weinstein were anger-inducing, the bravery of these women to come forward and speak their truth was so powerful, and Farrow’s conviction to make that truth known is inspiring. I’m hopeful that the #MeToo movement will continue to gather steam, that the press can operate independently, and that abusers will be brought to justice.
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Informative story of the dark past allowing people in power to control the narrative around their actions and behaviors.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence
Bumping up slightly because the author’s performance of the audiobook. Not only is he an incredible person for his tenacious reporting, but he did a great job on all the voices.
Also, you are dead to me NBC
Also, you are dead to me NBC
Excuse me why I pick my jaw up from the floor. Leave it to a gay to do this kind of investigative reporting.
Fuck Harvey Weinstein. Fuck Woody Allen. FUCK NBC. Fuck all of their lawyers. Fuck the NYPD. Fuck police in general. Fuck Trump (literally a child rapist). Fuck the Clintons. Fuck all of those sick fucking women helping these monsters commit decades of sexual abuse. AND FUCK THAT ILLEGAL COLONIAL SETTLEMENT IN PALESTINE !!!!
I already knew that shit hole illegal colonial settlement controlled US media and our politicians but to this extent was alarmingly insidious. Literally that monstrous apartheid settlement has covered up for decades of sexual abuse by the Hollywood and political elites and it’s so fucking nefarious.
God bless the countless women that come forward and who have led the MeToo movement. I don’t care what data, statistics, or bullshit you try to throw at me. I will ALWAYS side with the victim. And wow do I hope hell is real so that all of these sick fucking abusers suffer there for eternity.
Final thought: if Ronnan Farrow wasn’t a nepo baby he 100% would have been murdered while trying to build this story.
Fuck Harvey Weinstein. Fuck Woody Allen. FUCK NBC. Fuck all of their lawyers. Fuck the NYPD. Fuck police in general. Fuck Trump (literally a child rapist). Fuck the Clintons. Fuck all of those sick fucking women helping these monsters commit decades of sexual abuse. AND FUCK THAT ILLEGAL COLONIAL SETTLEMENT IN PALESTINE !!!!
I already knew that shit hole illegal colonial settlement controlled US media and our politicians but to this extent was alarmingly insidious. Literally that monstrous apartheid settlement has covered up for decades of sexual abuse by the Hollywood and political elites and it’s so fucking nefarious.
God bless the countless women that come forward and who have led the MeToo movement. I don’t care what data, statistics, or bullshit you try to throw at me. I will ALWAYS side with the victim. And wow do I hope hell is real so that all of these sick fucking abusers suffer there for eternity.
Final thought: if Ronnan Farrow wasn’t a nepo baby he 100% would have been murdered while trying to build this story.