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bookishrona's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
majastenstam's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Rape, Sexual content, and Sexual violence
Minor: Homophobia
foxmulders's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Rape, Stalking, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence
librarymouse's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Sexism, Rape, Self harm, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Bullying, Sexual content, Stalking, Vomit, and Violence
Moderate: Gun violence
Minor: Trafficking, Animal death, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, and Homophobia
flijn's review against another edition
5.0
Although it can read as an investigative thriller, it never lets you forget this is about real people, real injustice, real trauma. It made me mad and sad and even then Jonathan's lines made me laugh.
I'm in awe of the scope of this book, how it not only unravels Weinsteins crimes but also the systemic silence. You might lose faith in humanity because of the many, many men in this story who put their ego and desire and greed over others' safety, dignity, and wellbeing; and by the people who enabled them. But that does not do this book justice. Because it also highlights the courage, determination, selflessness, empathy and professionalism of so many others. The women who came forward, the journalists fighting to give them a voice, the significant others standing by them. And that alone makes this book worth the read.
Apart from this, the plotting of the book itself is great: weaving first-person reporting in with harrowing accounts of winesses and victims, accounting almost in real time a battle uphill to publish, while subtly pointing to stories and twists to come in the last third of the book, where the particular story about Weinstein gains a chilling context. I'm not American and not very with it when it comes to all the media personalities, so sometimes the many names made my head swim. No matter, the important ones become very clear.
Just superb work, not only at reporting, but also capturing the impact of the experiences and crafting a comprehensive, detailed narrative.
Interesting, by the way, how the second part of Rachel Maddow's interview with Ronan is still not to be found on MSNBC's YouTube channel.
Graphic: Sexual violence
marissap42's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Sexual harassment, Stalking, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
estebantheperson's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Sexual assault, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence
xread_write_repeatx's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Stalking, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Sexual violence, and Rape
Moderate: Self harm, Alcoholism, and Toxic relationship
bseigel's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault
mariawie's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Child abuse
Minor: Stalking, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm