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majastenstam's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Rape, Sexual content, and Sexual violence
Minor: Homophobia
alexlaird's review against another edition
dark
informative
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
3.5
Go Ronan Go
odurant8's review against another edition
3.0
Mr Farrow’s narration was distracting due to his numerous failed attempts at plausible accents. An important account of the topic marred by poor narrator choice.
ebc726's review against another edition
5.0
This book/investigation is like the All the President’s Men investigation of the new generation. It was super well written. Ronan Farrow and the women who spoke up are heroes.
dreiac's review
3.0
Written by investigative journalist Ronan Farrow, Catch and Kill is about his expose of sexual predators in power.
I would say it focusses about 70% on Weinstein, 20% on Fauer, 5% on Trump and 5% on other men. The predominant cunt is undoubtedly Harvey Weinstein. Based on the horrible accounts described in this book, coupled with his horrible looking face, I wish for Weinstein to eternally burn in hell.
Ronan Farrow is a true hero for going against all and persevering with exposing these predators that preyed on vulnerable women. For his work alone, I would rate this book 5 stars.
It also took a lot of guts for these women to come forth and speak up about their horrible accounts in the hands of truly awful, cruel people. Some of the stories are heartbreaking and utterly disturbing to read, mostly the ones that describe how the victims’ fear made the sick predators even more excited. I was also aghast at the amount of people (both men and women) who enabled these predators to carry on the abuse for a very long time. For example, some of Weinstein’s female assistants served as honeypots to lure young women into Weinstein’s claws.
Now the more controversial part of the review.
I couldn’t help but notice that (and was somewhat left astounded) some of these victims allowed for the abuse to carry on for the sake of keeping their careers. As cruel as this might sound, ultimately it seemed to me that some of these women had a choice - they could either firmly tell the predators to fuck off and walk away, or allow to continue to suffer in the predator’s hands, in order to keep their jobs.
Now possibly even more controversial (and suspiciously paradoxical).
The other thing about this book is that it is all focussed on men being the predators, therefore it fits in nicely with one of the still trendy narratives we see over and over again on mainstream media - that men, especially white, are bad. Granted that the scandalous stories in this book were most likely what ignited this narrative a few years ago - the problem in my opinion is the toxicity of the narrative, and its undeniable immense influence in a growing radical and “revolutionary” movement that, overall, is producing a negative impact in an increasingly fragmented relationship between men and women. Isn’t there another solution?
So, would I recommend the book? Maybe another time.
I would say it focusses about 70% on Weinstein, 20% on Fauer, 5% on Trump and 5% on other men. The predominant cunt is undoubtedly Harvey Weinstein. Based on the horrible accounts described in this book, coupled with his horrible looking face, I wish for Weinstein to eternally burn in hell.
Ronan Farrow is a true hero for going against all and persevering with exposing these predators that preyed on vulnerable women. For his work alone, I would rate this book 5 stars.
It also took a lot of guts for these women to come forth and speak up about their horrible accounts in the hands of truly awful, cruel people. Some of the stories are heartbreaking and utterly disturbing to read, mostly the ones that describe how the victims’ fear made the sick predators even more excited. I was also aghast at the amount of people (both men and women) who enabled these predators to carry on the abuse for a very long time. For example, some of Weinstein’s female assistants served as honeypots to lure young women into Weinstein’s claws.
Now the more controversial part of the review.
I couldn’t help but notice that (and was somewhat left astounded) some of these victims allowed for the abuse to carry on for the sake of keeping their careers. As cruel as this might sound, ultimately it seemed to me that some of these women had a choice - they could either firmly tell the predators to fuck off and walk away, or allow to continue to suffer in the predator’s hands, in order to keep their jobs.
Now possibly even more controversial (and suspiciously paradoxical).
The other thing about this book is that it is all focussed on men being the predators, therefore it fits in nicely with one of the still trendy narratives we see over and over again on mainstream media - that men, especially white, are bad. Granted that the scandalous stories in this book were most likely what ignited this narrative a few years ago - the problem in my opinion is the toxicity of the narrative, and its undeniable immense influence in a growing radical and “revolutionary” movement that, overall, is producing a negative impact in an increasingly fragmented relationship between men and women. Isn’t there another solution?
So, would I recommend the book? Maybe another time.
tildahlia's review
3.0
An engaging one. This book is mainly about the many impediments Farrow experienced in trying to tell the story of Harvey Weinstein. Although, I particularly appreciated his honest reflections on his initial shortcomings in reckoning with his sister’s abuse, which were woven through the book.
Shockingly, it reveals that the hardest part of breaking the story was not getting terrified victims to go on the record etc, but was actually trying to get the buy-in of MSNBC, which sought to silence the story in various subtle (and not-so-subtle) ways. Basically, he absolutely rinses MSNBC management (deservedly so). It felt a little laboured and repetitive in parts and for audiobook listeners, we need to talk about the accents/voices done by Farrow himself. They were....terrible, and while it probably would have been funny in a different kind of book they often distracted from the seriousness of the subject matter.
Shockingly, it reveals that the hardest part of breaking the story was not getting terrified victims to go on the record etc, but was actually trying to get the buy-in of MSNBC, which sought to silence the story in various subtle (and not-so-subtle) ways. Basically, he absolutely rinses MSNBC management (deservedly so). It felt a little laboured and repetitive in parts and for audiobook listeners, we need to talk about the accents/voices done by Farrow himself. They were....terrible, and while it probably would have been funny in a different kind of book they often distracted from the seriousness of the subject matter.
purplepierogi's review against another edition
3.0
I mean, it is exactly what you think it is. I am glad Ronan Farrow did all this research and made it through the obstacles — the book gives insight into seedy network tv politics, abuse of power, etc, and provides a play by play of his process of writing and NBC’s hesitancy in breaking the Harvey Weinstein story. but I would disagree w what another reviewer said abt it being “required reading;” it’s just fine.
a2lulu's review against another edition
4.0
(audiobook) My opinion of this book is summed up by this headline:
“CATCH AND CRINGE
Ronan Farrow's New Book 'Catch And Kill' Is Important Journalism. His Choice To Do Voices For The Audio Book Is… Weird”
At first I wanted to switch to reading it in print because the voices were incredibly distracting and weird. But I opted to just grit my teeth and finish it.
In the end I decided it was good to know that Ronan, the self-deprecating wunderkind, makes flawed decisions just like the rest of us.
(you can hear a few clips here:
https://digg.com/2019/ronan-farrow-catch-and-kill-audio-book-voices)
“CATCH AND CRINGE
Ronan Farrow's New Book 'Catch And Kill' Is Important Journalism. His Choice To Do Voices For The Audio Book Is… Weird”
At first I wanted to switch to reading it in print because the voices were incredibly distracting and weird. But I opted to just grit my teeth and finish it.
In the end I decided it was good to know that Ronan, the self-deprecating wunderkind, makes flawed decisions just like the rest of us.
(you can hear a few clips here:
https://digg.com/2019/ronan-farrow-catch-and-kill-audio-book-voices)