Reviews

Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow

babsaway14's review against another edition

5.0

I could not put this down. I am so glad I read this - I had followed the Weinstein story from afar, but this book made it clear the level of knowledge so many people at so many levels had about what he was doing. I don't think I fully understood that. Excellent.

sleaver's review against another edition

5.0

I couldn't put this one down. Literally. Finished it in one day.

ashurq's review against another edition

4.0

Wow. Just wow. I was shaking my head through 75% of this book at the horrors these women have had to face and at the lengths that were taken to try to cover up for these sick, evil men. Farrow lays out his entire reporting process and it is a crazy story. I got a little confused around the “Black Cube” section and there are just so many people mentioned that it’s hard to keep track of who everyone is. Despite all that, this book is so readable with short chapters that are broken up into sections. I mean, this is a 400+ page nonfiction book and I finished it in two days—what does that tell you?

andeedevore's review against another edition

5.0

Thank you to Ronan Farrow, Rich McHugh, and the many courageous women who told their stories to uncover the ugly power dynamics that exist in our society. I truly believe that lives were saved because of the efforts that were put into this reporting.

megpaisley's review against another edition

dark informative tense medium-paced

4.0

mill3011's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense fast-paced

4.0

thebookberrie's review against another edition

5.0

TW: survivor stories of sexual harassment, abuse, and assault

I gotta say, this book is insanely tense and dramatic and it really reads like a thriller. Oh no though, this crazy shit really happened in real life and is still going on. The lengths people went to protect predators is anger inducing and beyond infuriating in how many people were involved. God, I'm still mad just thinking about it and every time I see an update on the news I want to screech. I'm glad they got exposed and hope we keep down the path of yeeting disgusting rapists and believing women.

"In the end, the courage of women can't be stamped out. And stories - the big ones, the true ones - can be caught but never killed."

The author narrated the audiobook and he was really extra but fantastic at it. He even did distinct voices for people. There was a part where he was trying to get an audio recording and I didn't expect them to play the actual clip but they did and that was neat (but also wtf). My only problem with the audiobook was random music would play... for seemingly no reason. It wasn't at the beginning of a chapter but just whenever?? For dramatic effect I guess?

It's not an easy read but I would still recommend it. It's intense and I feel weird for saying it but it's also entertaining because of how complete batshit and real it is. Please keep exposing these nasty men who use their power to get away with sexual assault.

ominousroses's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

4.5

rosedaug's review against another edition

5.0

I did not know much about the case against Harvey Weinstein until I read this, and this description of the case and how far it invaded his personal life was beyond what I ever expected. And holy shit, the lengths people were taking to protect Weinstein are so terrible. It’s a hard read, but really good. I listened to the audiobook which added another element. I’d definitely recommend, it’s a thrilling nonfiction for sure.

amybetch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

4.0