Reviews - Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Hollywood Media Empire

In case you were wondering if extreme wealth leads to any kind of happiness, here's a grim fable told in two parts. The first part features the decline of Sumner Redstone, a media mogul who in his final years was plagued by sycophants and "girlfriends" who relied on elder abuse and manipulation to separate him from his family and fortune. It's gross. After that story is somewhat resolved through years of litigation, Les Moonves, the chair of CBS meets a fate years in the making as he loses his power due to the sexual crimes of his past (but pointedly remains free from prosecution). There are no clear "wins" here, except for those who already know that money corrupts and power leads to injustice.

mccomings's review against another edition

3.25

informative sad fast-paced

carlyanderson5113's review against another edition

3.0

informative tense fast-paced

shugdaddy's review against another edition

3.0

informative medium-paced

cookiedoughsgood's review against another edition

4.5

dark informative fast-paced

nbritt's review against another edition

3.5

informative medium-paced

liandatel's review against another edition

3.0

Probably more interesting because I work(ed) for the company. But it is a pretty crazy story! So crazy that all these things we consider to unrealistic for tv or movies happens even behind the scenes of those companies.
I did think the book could’ve been much shorter. I think due to the investigative nature of the writing the reporters wanted to make sure they had everything that they uncovered on the page. However, I think a lot of things were repetitive and wished some things could’ve been summarised by saying they occurred on multiple occasions or had multiple sources corroborating the stories.

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