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Amazing nonfiction. I already knew about the final story that farrow broke, but the story behind the story was full of intrigue and drama.

#nfNovember. A solid 4 stars, and I‘m likely degrading because I listened to the audiobook for about 200 pages. It should be on everyone‘s TBR pile, but I personally thought She Said was superior.

Pardon the language but the amount of shit that goes down in this book! Wow. It is a fascinating page-turner but also, I think, an important read. I‘m really glad I got to see Ronan Farrow discuss the book before I read it!

Matching the nails with my reads!

I feel like I need to take a shower in bleach. 🖕🏼Harvey, 🖕🏼Matt Lauer, 🖕🏼Noah Oppenheim, Andy Lack and all of the suits at NBC, 🖕🏼David Pecker. All of you,🖕🏼very much. 5⭐️.

A well written and necessary read.The duplicity, smears ,and cover ups are endless to protect predators who often ruin women‘s careers and lives.When a reporter goes down this road, he is exposed to some of the same tactics.
I‘m watching Ambassador Yovanovitch testify and it is not lost on me that Trumps tweets to smear her are from the same playbook.

Even though I listened this not long after listening to She Said I still found this book unbelievably compelling. It is nauseating what the women who were victimized by powerful men went through and it was infuriating the lengths that people went to I order to protect those men. I have deep respect for Farrow and his reporting although I would kindly ask him to refrain from attempting to do voices and accents when he narrates his own audiobooks.

Wow. I‘m just part way through this. Could sit all day and read it. Sadly I have other things to do. I heard him speak about this book and I was fascinated because I‘d been a fan of his mum and a fan of his dads films.
He says he hates that his mum is often defined ,not for her work ,but by the men in her life.
Money , men and power. More than a bit scary. @MrsMalaprop
Great journalism.

If you think you know everything about the Harvey Weinstein story, think again. I really admire Ronan Farrow for how hard he worked to make this story pubic. I can't say that I “enjoyed“ this book because at times it was very upsetting, but I'm so glad I read it. I would caution anyone sensitive to discussion of sexual assault against it, though.
See my full review at: https://busybeereviews.blogspot.com/

This book offers another examination of instances of sexual abuse by people in power that were then covered-up or killed by various media outlets. It was repulsing to read about how media is often complicit in covering up the crimes of some people in order to get a “better” story. Farrow writes with an honest eye and tempered voice, which makes this type of book even more compelling. Good, but I preferred “She Said.” #TIL Corruption is everywhere

My final 3x3 grid completed for #BFCr4. 4.5 and above falls in my A range and it‘s a big success when I have a 5* in my grid. The tagged book is so important. I‘m so grateful for the persistence of Ronan Farrow.

5* = Loved It, want non-reader IRL friends to read. I do/will own a physical copy. A+
4*= Liked it a lot, would love to discuss. Solid B
3*=Meh, no need to discuss. Average C
2*=Nope D
1*=DNF F

“In the end, the employees said, Jonathan‘s routine had been so boring the subcontractor surveilling him had given up. “I‘m interesting!” Jonathan said when I told him. “I‘m a very interesting person! I went to an escape room!””

This is a difficult book to get through. Don‘t get me wrong, it‘s readable and well written. It‘s just the casualness of harassment and assault, and the ease to which people who faced it were written off. In a perfect world Rose McGowan would be able to make whatever art she wanted and anyone who said “you know, I heard she‘s difficult to work with” would suddenly face intense GI symptoms.

Really, really good. Terrifying but incredibly readable - like a thriller but real iykwim. And I like Farrow‘s wry style about himself and his life. Not sure I could cope with him reading the audiobook for long periods but I‘m very tempted to try it.

This was a very very good book. There are very very bad people in Hollywood and at NBC. Excellent reporting. The only thing that got me a bit mixed up is how he sort of jumped around in time and back and forth between what he was doing and the Weinstein company/spies were doing, almost trying to make a spy novel feel. Also, I have seen this in other reviews but his voices and accents for people (used to indicate direct quotes) got old fast. #NFNov

Seriously, read this book! The overarching story about sexual assault and harassment by men in power is a sort of recap of the reporting we have seen. However, the story of cover-ups and attempts to thwart accurate news reporting is also appalling. It is important to support journalist who strive to keep the integrity if the business alive! #mustread

Here we go! I hear audio is the best way to get into this story.

Some more snacks #MrBook1inamillion #24b4monday Some dills and Kalamata Olives . Even though I was aware of most of the things in the book it‘s mind boggling the amount of duplicity & disgusting behavior within these pages & I‘m only about half way through. #litsypartyofone #readathon @MrBook

I took back 7 and left with three - progress!! #libraryhaul

This book. THIS BOOK. I can't say enough good things about it. A story that needed to be told, and I'm so thankful Farrow was finally able to tell it. It's a wrenching story, but Farrow includes just enough dry humor to keep you turning the pages. 10/10, would recommend.

Not sure I‘m ready to get as angry as this book will probably make me.

Current audio for #NFNov. I thought my hold on this was going to take much longer, but the library ordered many more copies. Super interesting so far! @Clwojick @rsteve388

Well, that was exciting and completely depressing. It feels weird to say that a book about such awful things is great and everyone should read it, but it‘s great and everyone should read it.

I, however, don‘t recommend the audio version. Farrow imitates his sources‘ voices and accents throughout, which is annoying and completely unnecessary.

OMG! At this rate I will be still reading this book in 2020. The audio is Ronan “acting” in voices, russian accents, falsetto. It‘s all I can do to keep this going. DO NOT get the audiobook. Go for print. Publishers??? What were you thinking???? #nfNovember

I thought I knew this story but reading it hurts my soul. I am careful to ever apply the word shame. But the corrupt actions of the powerful and the depths we are willing to go to protect the men (it is men in this story) holding that power is shameful. #TIL In this world, right now, investigative journalists and whistle blowers are my heroes and my North Star.

#NFNov

This one is a mix of multiple story lines that enables it to be fast paced and engaging. Farrow chronicles his investigation into Weinstein at NBC and The New Yorker. When this tale is told, the book is about women standing up to powerful men who assaulted them, journalism, and spies. Most of the book is about how stories are killed by those with power (trump, lauer, Weinstein) which is frightening. Farrow is a skilled writer. Great book!

While I‘m enjoying this, I wouldn‘t recommend the audio. A non-fiction “acted” by the author complete with accents and falsettos detracts from the great writing and investigative reporting. #nfNovember

Listening to this today and enjoying everything about it, except the narration by Ronan. #nfNovember

Fantastic! Well written, compelling, horrifying. Parts were difficult to read of course, but watching the light turned on bad acts and terrible people made it oddly uplifting. Farrow walked the tightrope of pain, spycraft and exploitation masterfully while sharing pieces of his own life and perspective that infused the story with lighter moments that kept it from becoming too difficult to continue and kept me reading. Highly recommend! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I‘m in for this! #NFNov. Hosted by @Clwojick and @rsteve388 think I‘m going to start with the tagged book as soon as my library hold comes in for it! I‘ve got tons of Non fiction on my library stack that‘s being neglected!

I found Farrow‘s story far more riveting than I expected. I listened to the audio version narrated by Farrow. I grew tired of his various accents and voices for the many characters in the book, but his recounting of what it took to break the Weinstein story (and bust Lauer and others) reads like an espionage novel. Hired foreign spies, wiretaps, being tailed, legal threats, celebrities.

I mean y‘all I made it! Honestly such an amazing piece of reporting and I am so glad that he continued to pursue this story through it all! So important and brave of the women and him.

I don‘t usually read best sellers, but I wanted to read this one because the subject is timely. Farrow relates his lengthy investigation into Harvey Weinstein, serial sexual predator. Towards the end of the book, he relates the story of Matt Lauer, another powerful TV personality whose actions were known to management who would not act. An indictment of cowardly execs at NBC, whose inaction allowed these two pigs to continue their crimes.

Listening to the audio book narrates by Ronan. It‘s everything we already know but a good blow by blow of the hard investigative work it took to bring Weinstein down and shed some light on how powerful people protect each other. If only Ronan did not adopt a different voice and multiple accents for each character in his book.

Read this damn book now! Be prepared to be angry, very, very angry. And be prepared to be very, very, very proud of brave women who told their excruciating difficult stories and be prepared to be proud of the honest reporters that continue to do their jobs in extremely arduous times. This is one of the most important books I have read in a very long time.

Project “Get my life together” was derailed by this important, engrossing read. #mylifesamess #friendofthepod #metoo

This book is great. Even after reading Ronan Farrow‘s work in The New Yorker and reading She Said recently, there were still new revelations in this book. It reads like a spy thriller. She Said made me proud of journalists, and this does too. But it makes me look very differently at NBC News. Highly recommended if you like nonfiction, but the subject matter is difficult in places.

Chapter after chapter of just...my jaw dropping. I caught myself saying WTF out loud more than once.

Starting this one!

My hold came in. Hold on to your hats, here we go!

Went to see Ronan Farrow discuss his book Catch and Kill tonight. Great talk. Looking forward to reading it!

Ronan Farrow is impressive.

I am furiously reading Catch and Kill, both in the sense that I‘m reading it quickly and it is making me furious. So many #tricks were done to try to keep this story from coming out, including by NBC News leaders. I‘m not watching that network for news again as long as those leaders stay in power. Review coming soon. #FallisBooked

In Catch and Kill, Ronan Farrow details his efforts to investigate the sexual predation of Harvey Weinstein and the methods HW employed to try to stop him. This book is a primer on how wealthy, connected, predatory men operate and is given even greater credibility by the efforts to suppress its publication and distribution. It is harrowing and so, so good.

Oh my goodness what a read! Don‘t walk , run and pick up a copy. Very well written.

I totally got there at just the right moment to beat the queue!

I am in the queue...

@Librarybelle what a milestone! Thanks for the giveaway and good luck to all. I recently read that multiple agencies in multiple countries are trying to suppress the tagged book and even threatening booksellers if they stock it (which is apparently working in Australia). Which makes me immediately want to have and read it. No banning books! No suppression of speech! End of rant. 😬

#200KGiveaway

Already into this book, tough material but his writing is magnificent.