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A review by thrivinginmydelusion
Ladies Who Punch: The Explosive Inside Story of "the View" by Ramin Setoodeh
3.0
For a non-fiction book, Ladies Who Punch is easy to read and becomes a can't-put-down book. I enjoyed learning about all the ins and outs of how a show gets made and all the behind the scenes drama happening over the years at The View.
My negatives about the book are:
1. The bias. All books have bias so it's important to be on the lookout. The author does bring up that he's a journalist many times throughout the book so as a journalist I would expect Setoodeh to really try to remove his bias. I felt that he had favorite cast members. For example, Whoopi decided not to sit down for an interview for the book and it felt like the author held some resentment against this co-host for that. It was also obvious that the author dislikes President Trump. I understand the cause for dislike but I felt the book shouldn't be so blatantly biased and present the story and facts without the author's point of view. If he's "just" an author than he's obviously free to have his own point of view. But as a journalist, I do feel like that should be taken out and let the reader make up their own mind about the facts presented.
2. 2016. The book was published in 2019. I was expecting to read about some of the newer cast members such as Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin and Megan McCain. These cast members were mentioned in the short epilogue but the book wraps up in 2016. I understand it takes a while for a book to be published, but I was expecting some more recent gossip. So when I realized there were only a few pages left and we had just hit 3 years ago, I knew we weren't going to hear the tea about some of the hosts I'm most familiar with.
My negatives about the book are:
1. The bias. All books have bias so it's important to be on the lookout. The author does bring up that he's a journalist many times throughout the book so as a journalist I would expect Setoodeh to really try to remove his bias. I felt that he had favorite cast members. For example, Whoopi decided not to sit down for an interview for the book and it felt like the author held some resentment against this co-host for that. It was also obvious that the author dislikes President Trump. I understand the cause for dislike but I felt the book shouldn't be so blatantly biased and present the story and facts without the author's point of view. If he's "just" an author than he's obviously free to have his own point of view. But as a journalist, I do feel like that should be taken out and let the reader make up their own mind about the facts presented.
2. 2016. The book was published in 2019. I was expecting to read about some of the newer cast members such as Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin and Megan McCain. These cast members were mentioned in the short epilogue but the book wraps up in 2016. I understand it takes a while for a book to be published, but I was expecting some more recent gossip. So when I realized there were only a few pages left and we had just hit 3 years ago, I knew we weren't going to hear the tea about some of the hosts I'm most familiar with.