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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
Going There is an apt title for the autobiography of Katie Couric because she doesn’t hold anything back. It’s fun to celebrate the highs of her life and hard to wade through the lows. Her life has been incredibly interesting and dynamic. But my main takeaway from this book is that she is kind of a snob in how she talks about people. She sounds like a loving mom, daughter and friend, but also very judgmental too. It’s hard when someone you grew up admiring (I was a broadcast journalism major for awhile in college, in large part due to her influence) for their warmth, philanthropy and humor turns out to be kind of mean in her assessments of things. I still have deep respect for her career and how she handled the various tragedies in her life, but also feel a little disenchanted with her too. Regardless, this was an interesting memoir of a full life of incredible experiences and worth reading to see how the news industry has changed alongside Katie over the course of her career.
I enjoyed this book. I listened to it on audio which was narrated by the author - a nice touch. Parts of the book feel a little score settling - especially the sections on her time at CBS. But that said, much of it seems deserved. I do think some of the criticism of being overly critical towards some of her female counterparts is fair but she doesn’t hold back on her assessment of anyone it seems including herself. I thought Katie did a good job of capturing her various career disappointments despite having been so successful and doing so while still acknowledging so much of the privilege she had.
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This felt long, but it was interesting and held my attention for the most part. Katie has had and continues to have an impactful career and has done good in the world.
Interesting life. She definitely shared specific details about people that were unnecessary to her story.
funny
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
This one fell between 2 stars (meh) and 3 stars (liked it). Not highly entertaining or salacious or surprising. An interesting perspective and I appreciated her honesty.
Well. That's 15 hours of my life I will never get back. Would I have enjoyed it more if I had read the words instead of listening to Katie read them? Maybe. But probably not - I just would've been spared her singing.
I always liked Katie Couric and held her in high regard as a professional. Hearing these words - I realize she is simply a regular mean girl. A conceited mean girl. The fact that she honestly thinks the women whom Matt Lauer was harassing/assaulting should've come to her - that she couldn't fathom why they didn't confide in her - well, that just says a lot about her to me.
By the 5th chapter I had stopped following her on Instagram. I continued the book because I don't like to quit anything. And I kept thinking she'd redeem herself. In my eyes, she did not.
I always liked Katie Couric and held her in high regard as a professional. Hearing these words - I realize she is simply a regular mean girl. A conceited mean girl. The fact that she honestly thinks the women whom Matt Lauer was harassing/assaulting should've come to her - that she couldn't fathom why they didn't confide in her - well, that just says a lot about her to me.
By the 5th chapter I had stopped following her on Instagram. I continued the book because I don't like to quit anything. And I kept thinking she'd redeem herself. In my eyes, she did not.
This book was illustrious, but Katie does yarn on a bit, -as a newscaster that is not a surprise. I found her story of dealing with sexism and coming to terms with a patriarchal industry very illuminating. How she managed her career, her husband's death and raising her girls was astonishing. She has overcome a lot of adversity and yet was also born into a lot of white privilege. She does not really touch on that, it is just apparent in her stories about her own upbringing.
I’m a fan of The Morning Show on Apple TV. One has to wonder if Katie’s decision to write another memoir at this time was influenced by the intrigue portrayed on that show.
30 chapters in and I couldn’t go on.
This book is a list of facts and events that Katie went through. It’s read like a gossipy newscast.
Everything about it felt self-congratulatory and tacky.
From bashing her dead husband and rumor has it her nanny. I didn’t get the nanny bashing pages. To proclaiming to her husband “ omg I’m the most popular girl in America!”
In an attempt to be funny and relatable Katie overshared bodily discomfort such as experiencing “swamp-ass” after a long drive and shooting her breast milk across the room for kicks. No Katie, you didn’t have to Go There.
I had hoped for more depth and self reflection. I wanted to hear about her personal growth through her unique experiences.
30 chapters in and I couldn’t go on.
This book is a list of facts and events that Katie went through. It’s read like a gossipy newscast.
Everything about it felt self-congratulatory and tacky.
From bashing her dead husband and rumor has it her nanny. I didn’t get the nanny bashing pages. To proclaiming to her husband “ omg I’m the most popular girl in America!”
In an attempt to be funny and relatable Katie overshared bodily discomfort such as experiencing “swamp-ass” after a long drive and shooting her breast milk across the room for kicks. No Katie, you didn’t have to Go There.
I had hoped for more depth and self reflection. I wanted to hear about her personal growth through her unique experiences.