Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

Gotta Get Theroux This: My Life and Strange Times in Television by Louis Theroux

4 reviews

lucyrudd's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Medical content, Dementia, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

aoifetriestoread's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective medium-paced

2.0

I wanted so much to enjoy this book as much as I enjoy Louis Theroux’s documentaries, but unfortunately this book is subpar to the television work he puts out. 

Louis Theroux wrote this himself and comes across so terribly throughout. He seems ungrateful for the privilege afforded to him in his early life to be able to play around with his career as much as he did and he seems entirely uncaring in both of his marriages, although I recognise his first marriage was one of convenience rather than desire. 

The behind the scenes secrets from his TV career are fun, a redeeming part of this book, but his constant discussion of Jimmy Savile was a bit much. I didn’t need every second chapter to be reminiscent of time spent with Savile before the allegations. 

Stick to TV Louis.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

merrynthomas's review against another edition

challenging funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

alisonannk's review

dark funny informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Dementia, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying, Hate crime, Misogyny, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Classism