iffer 's review for:

Going There by Katie Couric

3.0

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I wanted to like this more, and it's surreal and fascinating, in a good way, to relive some of the biggest moments in news/ history, but from the much-different-than-mine perspective of Katie Couric, but this didn't make me feel the feels. Sometimes it seemed like Couric was being conservative in her coverage of her own life, as if she didn't want to be too controversial or unlikable. Likely in part because she has so much time and breadth to cover, but I felt like I was glossing on the surface, as well as bouncing between the personal and professional. That said, I still found it interesting to hear about the ups and downs, and the behind-the-scenes, of Couric's life as a woman making her way in a male-dominated field, trying to walk the narrow path of being herself yet acting pragmatically and opportunistically when necessary.

P.S. I think that one of the reasons why this didn't resonate more with me was due to the fact that Katie Couric is an affluent white woman. While I realize that there are, and have been, many white women who have pushed for gender equality, this couldn't help but feel as though it was missing something to me because it lacked intersectional analysis.

P.P.S. I wish that Katie Couric and/or her editors would've removed her usage of the ableist terms "tone deaf," "blindsided," and "wheelchair-bound." The first two terms appeared multiple times in the book.