Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

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

5 reviews

librarymouse's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

5.0

The pacing of this book made it engaging despite the gravity of the information being discussed. Farrow is straightforward with his explanation of his own history with the issue of sexual assault, growing up in the shadow of what Woody Allen, their father, did to his sister Dylan, and the media shit storm that ensued. Intwining his own story, growing as a person and apologizing to his sister for the role he played in the covering up of her own trauma, kept this story grounded and away from the sensationalized scandalous text it could have become. In 2024, it is especially interesting and upsetting to see the intentional disruption of American news news to destroy information and skew political outcomes as done by Israel's government-backed Black Cube.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, Sexism, Sexual violence, Infidelity, Stalking, Sexual content, Alcohol, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Violence, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, Gaslighting, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Homophobia, Pedophilia, and Trafficking

sonjaswanson's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

5.0

I am not a fan of non-fiction, and I loved this book. Didn’t feel like a non-fiction book at all. It was a wild ride that left my jaw on the floor.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Vomit, and Pedophilia

mscalls's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Vomit, Violence, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Medical content, Infidelity, Grief, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

ehmannky's review against another edition

dark emotional informative fast-paced

5.0

I felt that I knew the broad beats of the Weinstein story and how so many Hollywood and media powerbrokers protected him and other men who sexually assaulted, harassed and raped women. But reading this I realized I really only knew the outline because it was *so* much worse than I thought it was. I was truly horrified while reading about not only the number of assaults and the details of these assaults, but also by the lengths that people went to to cover them up and protect the perpetrators. Farrow does a fantastic job delving into the truly insidious of exposing these crimes and the coverups, and I appreciated that he highlighted that he also has grown to fully understand the ways in which these crimes hurt and continue to hurt victims, especially when no one cares to listen afterwards. 

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

junefish's review

dark tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Sexism, Vomit, Misogyny, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Infidelity