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Durchbruch: Der Weinstein-Skandal, Trump und die Folgen by Ronan Farrow

4 reviews

phil266's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.75

This is probably one of the most difficult books I read, but the most important one. This book highlight's an important moment in history and reporting on the courage of the first whistleblowers of the #MeToo movement. Well done and worthy of the Pulitzer Prize. Great piece of journalism.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Gaslighting

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Pedophilia, Self harm, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Alcohol

sonjaswanson's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

5.0

I am not a fan of non-fiction, and I loved this book. Didn’t feel like a non-fiction book at all. It was a wild ride that left my jaw on the floor.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Pedophilia, Self harm, Suicide, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

mari_books's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.5

I didn’t expect to be as captivated by this book as I was. Farrow narrates this true story with incredible seriousness and attention to details. The first half of the book builds up Farrows reporting of the Weinstein story, kind of a slow burn about all the obstacles they face. The second half of the book is like an avalanche, everything comes together quickly and devastatingly sudden. It takes the breaking news items you vaguely remember from a few years ago and rebreaks them.  You realize the depth and reach of power, and how law, media and politics are tools for power. It’s uncanny how the topic of abuse of power in media/Hollywood has developed since the publishing of this book (Farrows prediction) as more worms come out of the apple. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

angelasosh's review against another edition

dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

Ronan Farrow details his reporting on the Harvey Weinstein scandal with care and honesty. His dedication to publish this story despite the backlash, coverups, and conspiracies is admirable and something I hope other reporters aspire to. He handles the sensitive topic of sexual abuse and assault with care while also not shying away from the details of what actually happened. He is also clear about his sources and I believe he vetted everything he possibly could to maintain integrity in his reporting. Would def recommend this to anybody and everybody. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment