Reviews

Start by Believing: Larry Nassar's Crimes, the Institutions that Enabled Him, and the Brave Women Who Stopped a Monster by John Barr, Dan Murphy

nerdvanafandomheart's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

4.25

laurazdavidson's review against another edition

4.0

Fascinating story. This was more than a scandal. Nassar's sexual abuse of dozens of young girls was perpetuated by systems that routinely ignored, dismissed, or covered up information. It's time we paid attention.

twhittie's review against another edition

5.0

I’ve kept somewhat tabs on this as if the charges and trial happened, and watched the documentary “Athlete A”, but wondered how on earth did someone like this get away with so much. What type of environment was this doctor in where he realized he could get away with so much? An organization/society that still defaults to believing titles and “professional experience” over victims, that’s what. The pursuit of prestige and medals and money came at the cost of the humanity of children. Hundreds of them. This book went in depth of the rise of USA gymnastics and the culture the Kayrolis (whatever happened to THEM, by the way?) helped cultivate to keep children silent and obedient. To realize that unless a business/organization/institution treat and see and hear those at the “lowest” of their employees or athletes or whatever, predators and abuse and harm will continue to happen to the most vulnerable. We need to start believing instead of defaulting to what we think we know. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone, though there is a trigger warning that this book does go into detail sometimes about the abuse that happened.

alexanedesbiens's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

saraseelmeyer's review against another edition

3.5

i knew that i loved movies about investigative journalism, but apparently i like books about investigative journalism even more. there were times when this book felt a little too scattered (so many people to keep track of!) but overall a good, comprehensive history of larry nassar’s abuse and usag’s cover-up.

mald626's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

ira's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

southernbellebooks's review against another edition

1.0

This would’ve been good but it pretty much just used the material off of “The Girls” and at that point, I would’ve just read that book instead. So that’s what I’m going to do.

amandalouise717's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

stenann7's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad

4.25