Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow

36 reviews

leah_irl's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

aserra's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative slow-paced

4.25

An incredibly important, thorough, riveting book. Farrow displays a high standard for journalism that I think is not observed often anymore. Engaging writing style. Strong morals--Farrow doesn't just say that he wants the focus to be on exposing this horror in the interest of stopping it, he shows it.

What keeps the book from a solid 5, for me, is a layout choice; it could have been very helpful, I think, to have a list/glossary of the people in the book somewhere, perhaps before or after the bibliography. There's a lot of names, and I, personally, struggled to keep track of everyone (which also augments the repugnance of what is uncovered--so many people impacted, so many people complicit).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Infidelity, and Gaslighting

heather_freshparchment's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Gaslighting

Minor: Infidelity

mahra's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

5 ⭐️ Such an important book, written by a very impressive human being. Everyone should read this. Ronan Farrow's performance in the audiobook is also amazing (and funny, at times, surprisingly). 

You think you know this story, and I assure you that you do not. 

What amazes the most about this book is that, yes, it is about Ronan Farrow's experiences, but somehow he's able to not make it about himself, but about the victims. He is able to factually give the results of his investigation, to recount things that happened from his point of view, to tell us the way he truly felt, and to relay the victims' stories with so much care and so much empathy.

Incredible read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

plethora's review against another edition

challenging informative tense medium-paced

3.0

It is clear throughout this book that Ronan Farrow respects and has great admiration for survivors, and the profession of journalism alike. I credit him for his work bringing these stories to light, and for his perseverance through the events described in this book. It is a monstrous feat in itself to unravel the web of conspiracy spun between these institutions in the first place, let alone to then make it make sense for the reader. A world that allows this

sexual commodification of its female workforce

after all, is hard to make sense of. 

There are innumerable players involved in these events, and I found it difficult to keep track of everyone's roles. I'm sure this is at least in part by design, if not by the author than by the institutions themselves. I would have benefitted from an organizational chart in many cases. The fragmented telling of this story, while more digestible in its format (and perhaps an indication of the varied articles, segments, and posts that started it all), felt like a choice rather than a necessity. There were times I wished these pieces were brought together differently for a more cohesive work. In terms of the structure, there were times timeline was favoured over subject matter, though this was inconsistent. It was a story in 59 parts. Sorry, 5 parts, 59 chapters, and subdivided further from there. Digestible, mentally helpful, a bit unearned. 

All in all, this is an important read. Farrow wasn't afraid to drive the point home in many passages in a way that felt like some small justice in itself during such reeling events. The spark of resistance brought some comfort. He called it like it was in a way that is reminiscent of Chanel Miller. Calling a spade a spade, calling people on their bullshit, staring the message between the lines in the eyes, and yelling it back at them. Engraving it on the record. 

It feels good knowing there's someone like Ronan Farrow helping to bear the weight of this crushing patriarchy for us all. 

Shoutout

McHugh. Best dad ever.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Gaslighting

Minor: Grief and Alcohol

maddiet425's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Addiction, Incest, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

lnielsen's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

scripturient's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

angelasosh's review against another edition

dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

Ronan Farrow details his reporting on the Harvey Weinstein scandal with care and honesty. His dedication to publish this story despite the backlash, coverups, and conspiracies is admirable and something I hope other reporters aspire to. He handles the sensitive topic of sexual abuse and assault with care while also not shying away from the details of what actually happened. He is also clear about his sources and I believe he vetted everything he possibly could to maintain integrity in his reporting. Would def recommend this to anybody and everybody. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

annrhub's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment