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A review by dreiac
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow
3.0
Written by investigative journalist Ronan Farrow, Catch and Kill is about his expose of sexual predators in power.
I would say it focusses about 70% on Weinstein, 20% on Fauer, 5% on Trump and 5% on other men. The predominant cunt is undoubtedly Harvey Weinstein. Based on the horrible accounts described in this book, coupled with his horrible looking face, I wish for Weinstein to eternally burn in hell.
Ronan Farrow is a true hero for going against all and persevering with exposing these predators that preyed on vulnerable women. For his work alone, I would rate this book 5 stars.
It also took a lot of guts for these women to come forth and speak up about their horrible accounts in the hands of truly awful, cruel people. Some of the stories are heartbreaking and utterly disturbing to read, mostly the ones that describe how the victims’ fear made the sick predators even more excited. I was also aghast at the amount of people (both men and women) who enabled these predators to carry on the abuse for a very long time. For example, some of Weinstein’s female assistants served as honeypots to lure young women into Weinstein’s claws.
Now the more controversial part of the review.
I couldn’t help but notice that (and was somewhat left astounded) some of these victims allowed for the abuse to carry on for the sake of keeping their careers. As cruel as this might sound, ultimately it seemed to me that some of these women had a choice - they could either firmly tell the predators to fuck off and walk away, or allow to continue to suffer in the predator’s hands, in order to keep their jobs.
Now possibly even more controversial (and suspiciously paradoxical).
The other thing about this book is that it is all focussed on men being the predators, therefore it fits in nicely with one of the still trendy narratives we see over and over again on mainstream media - that men, especially white, are bad. Granted that the scandalous stories in this book were most likely what ignited this narrative a few years ago - the problem in my opinion is the toxicity of the narrative, and its undeniable immense influence in a growing radical and “revolutionary” movement that, overall, is producing a negative impact in an increasingly fragmented relationship between men and women. Isn’t there another solution?
So, would I recommend the book? Maybe another time.
I would say it focusses about 70% on Weinstein, 20% on Fauer, 5% on Trump and 5% on other men. The predominant cunt is undoubtedly Harvey Weinstein. Based on the horrible accounts described in this book, coupled with his horrible looking face, I wish for Weinstein to eternally burn in hell.
Ronan Farrow is a true hero for going against all and persevering with exposing these predators that preyed on vulnerable women. For his work alone, I would rate this book 5 stars.
It also took a lot of guts for these women to come forth and speak up about their horrible accounts in the hands of truly awful, cruel people. Some of the stories are heartbreaking and utterly disturbing to read, mostly the ones that describe how the victims’ fear made the sick predators even more excited. I was also aghast at the amount of people (both men and women) who enabled these predators to carry on the abuse for a very long time. For example, some of Weinstein’s female assistants served as honeypots to lure young women into Weinstein’s claws.
Now the more controversial part of the review.
I couldn’t help but notice that (and was somewhat left astounded) some of these victims allowed for the abuse to carry on for the sake of keeping their careers. As cruel as this might sound, ultimately it seemed to me that some of these women had a choice - they could either firmly tell the predators to fuck off and walk away, or allow to continue to suffer in the predator’s hands, in order to keep their jobs.
Now possibly even more controversial (and suspiciously paradoxical).
The other thing about this book is that it is all focussed on men being the predators, therefore it fits in nicely with one of the still trendy narratives we see over and over again on mainstream media - that men, especially white, are bad. Granted that the scandalous stories in this book were most likely what ignited this narrative a few years ago - the problem in my opinion is the toxicity of the narrative, and its undeniable immense influence in a growing radical and “revolutionary” movement that, overall, is producing a negative impact in an increasingly fragmented relationship between men and women. Isn’t there another solution?
So, would I recommend the book? Maybe another time.