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A review by emilynied
She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement by Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
4.75
Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey craft a bombshell of a book and story with "She Said." It's thrilling and powerful and explosive, all while keeping in truth with the investigative journalism, politics and play and the survivors, whose compelling stories weave in and out of each chapter.
I loved how Kantor and Twohey referred to themselves in the third person - I think it made things a lot easier to follow and the book was structured and paced well. I did prefer the focus on Harvey Weinstein and the two journalists/editors who took him down as opposed to the section on Christine Blasey Ford - I understand the inclusion as it is a part of the #metoo sexual harassment movement; however, I think because Kantor and Twohey weren't explicitly investigating it (as formatted in the book) and it was more of a descriptive recap of what happened, it's placement felt a little odd.
The book ends with a collective meeting/group interview with a group of women discussed and interviewed throughout the book and this was extremely powerful to read about. Well done.
I loved how Kantor and Twohey referred to themselves in the third person - I think it made things a lot easier to follow and the book was structured and paced well. I did prefer the focus on Harvey Weinstein and the two journalists/editors who took him down as opposed to the section on Christine Blasey Ford - I understand the inclusion as it is a part of the #metoo sexual harassment movement; however, I think because Kantor and Twohey weren't explicitly investigating it (as formatted in the book) and it was more of a descriptive recap of what happened, it's placement felt a little odd.
The book ends with a collective meeting/group interview with a group of women discussed and interviewed throughout the book and this was extremely powerful to read about. Well done.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment