Interesting story, flat execution. Of course a case study of a really unusual catfishing situation lends itself to being compelling, so the author didn’t need to do much other than roll it out, but it could have been a richer story had it been more deftly explored. It was overly detailed in places that didn’t need it and on the whole it didn’t seem thoughtful. The end in which she analyzes this through a sociological lens was probably the most interesting part and should have been integrated throughout the entire story, not just at the end. I also thought it was weird that she kept specifying that it was terrible that this happened to “kind” “hardworking” and “smart” women, simply no person ever deserves to be emotionally manipulated and duped so to keep calling that out felt off. It lacked journalistic rigor to me, it was very much just a read out of emails and texts put into book form, which just isn’t enough for a story like this (could have been an article or a podcast, I guess!)