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Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow
5.0
This is really excellent and important book. Farrow does a wonderful job of explaining the nuance of workplace sexual harassment and assault. He also expertly demonstrates why woman don’t report and aren’t believed and why powerful predators rarely face accountability.
Additionally, while this story told through the lense of Farrow and his experience reporting on Weinstein he does not centre himself in the story, and manages to highlight how any bravery he had in reporting pales in comparison to the women who reported.
Farrow’s unique lived experience of being a Hollywood insider and his own family’s experience with high profile abuse allegations made him particularly qualified to tell this story, and likely gave him access no other writer would have had.
This book was well worth the read. I did listen to it on audible, and if I have any criticism it is that Farrow should have avoided doing accents/different voices as they were honestly bad and sometimes distracting. Better to hire voice actors or just speak normally.
Additionally, while this story told through the lense of Farrow and his experience reporting on Weinstein he does not centre himself in the story, and manages to highlight how any bravery he had in reporting pales in comparison to the women who reported.
Farrow’s unique lived experience of being a Hollywood insider and his own family’s experience with high profile abuse allegations made him particularly qualified to tell this story, and likely gave him access no other writer would have had.
This book was well worth the read. I did listen to it on audible, and if I have any criticism it is that Farrow should have avoided doing accents/different voices as they were honestly bad and sometimes distracting. Better to hire voice actors or just speak normally.