5.0

This book is perfect. I could not put it down from the moment I read the first page, it gripped me like a fast-paced thriller novel made all-the-more enthralling by the fact that it is TRUE.

The depth of research is incredible, and Farrow managed to masterfully weave his own story and experience within the pages in a way that felt natural, highlighting his own inherent bias towards excusing predatory behaviour in order to avoid discomfort.

Although this is a book about Weinstein, it's so much more than that.

Catch and Kill pulls back the curtain on a deep, systemic rot that exists within the media industry and how there are so many more Weinstein's out there who control the narrative and exist to protect each other and their way of life.

The book had a relatively satisfying conclusion in that whilst many of the worst offenders aren't in prison - or even charged with anything - in the court of public opinion, we find them guilty.

If you take anything away from Catch and Kill, let it be the reminder that behind every news organisation is a man who is desperate to protect his reputation and silence any and all people who threaten it.