Catch and Kill (Farrow) - Book Reviews

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Absorbing.… The behavior documented in Catch and Kill is obviously and profoundly distressing.… But there are some hopeful threads, too.
Jennifer Szalai - New York Times


At the heart of every great noir is a conspiracy of evil that imbues the initial crime uncovered by the hero with a weightier resonance than was immediately obvious. So it goes with Catch and Kill.
Washington Post


Darkly funny and poignant.… [A] winning account of how it feels to be at the centre of the biggest story in the world. It is also, of course, a breathtakingly dogged piece of reporting, in the face of extraordinary opposition.
Guardian (UK)


Must read: Catch and Kill, by Ronan Farrow. How #sexualabuse stories got suppressed, and how deep-diving, fact-gathering reporting blew the lid off, despite threats, intimidation, and cronymongering at the top. Chilling!
Margaret Atwood - author, Handmaid's Tale


The connections between presidents, media moguls, and spies described in Catch and Kill are stranger than fiction. As a novel, it would be a page-turner. As a reported piece of nonfiction, it's terrifying.
Time


The year's best spy thriller is stranger—and more horrifying—than fiction.… [Ronan] weaves a breathless narrative as compelling as it is disturbing.… [Catch and Kill] bracingly exposes the rot that's persisted across elite American institutions for decades.
Entertainment Weekly


Catch and Kill is an important, frightening book.… [I]t's also a propulsive, cinematic page-turner
Salon


A groundbreaking #MeToo journalist finds his own news organization to be the greatest obstacle to the truth in this vivid, labyrinthine memoir.… [Reveals] troubling collusion between the media and the powerful interests they cover. This is a crackerjack journalistic thriller.
Publishers Weekly


This chilling narrative reveals the unequal power dynamic between aspiring actors… and the dominant powerbrokers in Hollywood.… [A] complement to Kantor and Twohey's She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement. —Karl Helicher, formerly with Upper Merion Twp. Lib., King of Prussia, PA
Library Journal


At times, the book is difficult to read, mainly because Weinstein, Trump, Lauer, and other powerful men victimized so many women while those who knew about the assaults stayed quiet.… A meticulously documented, essential work.
Kirkus Reviews