A review by snorthington
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow

4.0

This book is fascinating and horrific. The tangled web of spies, lawyers, unethical journalists and sexual predators across Hollywood and the news industry was appalling and yet absolutely interesting to see how deep and tangled the cover-ups were. It makes sense why so many of the stories broke in immediate succession when you see how interrelated they each were. There were times I had to put the book down because I was so upset that people had clear facts, that were checked and cross-checked sitting on their desk and chose not to act because of cowardice and threats from leadership who claimed to believe in journalistic integrity. There were times I wanted to throw the book across the room I was so upset. This was definitely worth reading for the writing and the reporting and the need to continue to converse about appropriate office behavior, the influence of power, and the horrific prevalence of sexual assault and harassment.