a historical work in investive journalism

an extraordinary piece of the artof invesigative journalism! it juts shows once again, why investigative journalism is so absolutely vital for society! I cannot imagine the will and determination, being percictent to an unimagiable extent. there is something deeply ironic that a man was needed to break the horrific system of exploit, abuse and supression, crerated and sustained by men.
my only critic: the author should have let the reading to people who do this for living. at so many places it is stated once and again, how importan it is for the stories of these women to be heard and the magnitute of both their stories and their courage to be appreciated, the reading unfortunatelly drags one completelly abrupt out of the experience and more often than not makes a mockumentary out of the documentary.

with that being said, still one of the historic pieces of investigative journalism wich without a doubt had changed the narrative and the way things happen for better and hopefully, once and for all.

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Cringeworthy

The book is great. It's really terrifying, how Farrow was roadblocked by NBC to report on the allegations against Weinstein.

But: Ronan Farrow should never be allowed to narrate a nonfiction audiobook ever again.

He somehow thought it'd be a good idea to impersonate every voice of the people he spoke to, mimicking their accents (Israeli, British, Russian, Italian, French etc) and speech patherns - and it sounds horrible. Especially the women - out of Farrows mouth, they all sound moronic. His impersonation of attorney Lisa Bloom sounds like a bad impersonation of Stephen Colbert's Donald Trump impersonation (and Farrows own Trump later in the book sounds even worse). Why didn't anybody stop him from doing this? It really pulls you out of the story every time, because it sounds like a joke when he does those voices. Terrible.

So: Great book - really bad narrator.

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Please also read "She Said" by Kantor and Twohey

Farrow describes in a great deal of details his personal experience investigating the rape and sexual assault/harassment claims made against Harvey 🐷 Weinstein. The investigative journalism work itself received much deserved praise.

On top of this, I found the book to be a very entertaining real-life story with many details about the author's thoughts, the author's movements, the author's actions, and the author's personal life. I admire Farrow's sister Dylan a lot, and I listen to his hilarious boyfriend Lovett's Pod Save America podcast, so this fed the "gossip" hunger I might have felt about these people. But this is the crux of the matter : I ultimately found that the account of the investigation was too personal, and didn't serve the important story as much as it deserves to be served.
Farrow said it himself in interviews : a journalist doesn't want to become the story. Farrow, with his "Hollywood" status, finds it very hard to walk that fine line, especially in this "Hollywood" context.

I might be a little unfair, but I preferred the book "She Said" by investigative journalists Kantor and Twohey, on their parallel investigation into the same 🐷 Weinstein scandal. Their tone was much more neutral and detached, but perfectly described their personal struggles and interrogations nonetheless. In their book, the story of the women victimized by 🐷 Weinstein is front and center. I recommend this book 100%

On a side note: Farrow's voice is nice, and it makes sense that he's reading the book himself since he writes in the 1st person, but ... I just couldn't deal with the "voices" (why ? please, why ?!). It was just too distracting and unnecessary.

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Don't do accents, Ronan!

The book is phenomenal and Ronan Farrow can read. But the choice to do accents and voices for the direct quotes was desasterous. It often seemed like he was mocking his sources and came off like a south park production at times. I don't even understand why the director would let him do that?! It's nice when a narrator slightly changes the intonation when speaking in character. But for a non-fiction book and on this level, impersonations are just off-putting.
That said: You should read the book. It is fantastic, enlightening, the story is important, it is well written.

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Great Book, slightly annoying read

It's a great book and Ronan reads it well. Wish he wouldn't do voices...

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Riveting and Disturbing

Essential listening for the importance of persistent journalism. Such horrific abuses of power and cover ups. I couldn't stop listening to it.

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Phenomenal! Must for everyone

Seriously, everyone should listen to this book.

The story is horrifying and shows abuse of power by powerful men as well as why it is important to listen to women. It describes the Weinstein investigation with accounts from survivors. Parallel it tells how a system of silencing tried to undermine and kill the reporting.

This book shows that abuse in the workplace isn't about the lone perpetrator but about the system that defend them and how hard it is to fight.

The accounts of sexual assault are quite detailed. I recommend sensitive people to be cautious.

Farrow speaks clearly and is easy to understand. He also does voices to submerge the listener and create a more personal and emotional atmosphere. It is not just a dry retelling of the events.

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Binge-listened this incredible story in one weekend

If it were a print book, I’d say it was ‘unputdownable’. A stunning story well told with empathy and humour.

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Is this really necessary?

The story itself is captivating and well written, unfortunately Farrow's performance as the speaker is deeply disturbing.

I don't see the need to imitate the victims and their dialects almost to a comedic degree. The women portrayed came forward to state their case and to tell their story, I don't know why their dialects and sometimes the language mistakes they've made are relevant.

I can definitely recommend the book based on its content, I cannot recommend the audiobook.

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