I devoured this story and experienced such a wide range of emotions while reading it.

Why you might not like this book: To state the obvious, you don't enjoy reading nonfiction. While this is nonfiction with a big narrative bent, I can still see it being not enough for people more interested or used to the beats of a fictional story. You might not like this for the fact that it ends, but it doesn't end. There is no neat ending to this nonfiction story that is still developing in many senses. It also comes with a big content warning for frank descriptions of rape and sexual assault.

Why I loved this book: Excuse me while I borrow a word I've seen used before in media reviews but have never used myself, but this story was absolutely propulsive. It was impossible to stop reading once I started. For all I said about people who don't like non-fiction maybe not liking this, I have to say that this was a brilliant mix of investigative reporting, memoir, and even at times had the urgency of a mystery or thriller. Here's another cliche that applies: I laughed and I cried. Farrow balanced truly heartbreaking moments with clear, frank and concise reporting and gave us breaks with humor and hope, primarily through peaks at his relationships with his partner Jonathan and sister Dylan. Everything about the presentation of the story was well done. I thought this was just going to be a story about Weinstein but it spiraled and it grew, and Farrow never lost control of it.

The story itself is important and haunting. I was overwhelmed by the way that powerful people can get away with so much, with the way that our media can be manipulated, with the way workplaces can be toxic environments and who those environments protect and favor. It left me a little heart sore to read this, to be honest. I cannot believe this happened and is still happening and what can we do so this won't happen again? The pieces about our current president and the stories about him that were caught and killed were jabs into old wounds about the ridiculousness of him being our president at all. That said, there is a certain hope in Farrow's doggedness in bringing his story to light, but primarily because of the women who ultimately spoke up. It's not possible for every victim to speak up, but for those who can and those who do, especially in the face of not being believed, not receiving the justice they deserved-- I truly am in awe of that strength and bravery.

It's not quite right to talk about Catch and Kill in terms of "enjoyment" or "favorite," but what an experience. It will stay with me forever.