The book is praised for its absorbing narrative and the courageous stories of the women involved, with Farrow's wry humor and the occasional domestic squabble adding levity. It is seen as a harrowing portrait of sin and depravity, with the darkness always present. The book is also noted for its fearless journalism and the chilling revelation of how money and power can silence victims.
The book is highly praised for its absorbing narrative and the courageous stories of the women involved. Farrow's wry humor and the occasional domestic squabble add levity to the otherwise harrowing portrait of sin and depravity. The book is seen as a harrowing account of the efforts to suppress and bring to light the stories of the women involved. It is also noted for its fearless journalism and the chilling revelation of how money and power can silence victims. The book is described as a page-turner, with the connections between presidents, media moguls, and spies being stranger than fiction. The book is also seen as a measured but damning portrait of the failure at NBC, which is tied to a pattern of harassment and abuse within the network.
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Farrow can be disarmingly wry, even when writing about another shadowy psyops firm spying on him and other journalists
Journalism like Farrow’s — fearless, exhaustive, even reckless in its disregard for personal or professional consequences — is the only way to begin to correct this problem
The year’s best spy thriller is stranger — and more horrifying — than fiction