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I have so many thoughts about this book. First let me say that I didn't like Michael Cohen before I read this book. I admire his moxie for writing it and for admitting, in hindsight, his grievous faults and taking responsibility for all the horrific things he did, destroying so many lives in his insatiable greed in his quest for money and power, never mind what he did to his family. His admitted blindness and excuses he gave to himself in his quest. But, like a life-long criminal who finally gets caught, discovers a conscious, truly sees the destruction and ramifications of his actions, suddenly comes clean, he is sorry now. If he wasn't tossed aside by Trump and found himself on the other side of his vindictiveness, I doubt we would have been reading this book. He would have continued with his ride in the cult he joined and facilitated having consumed the Kool-Aid and been fully vested.

As a news and reading junkie, I knew what the outside truly interested person knew about certain events. But, not how things came to be and what was going on behind the scenes. I knew all about the professional Trump from years of listening to my close friends from NY talk about him and his shenanigans long before his political aspirations. This book delves further into what was really happening that we could only speculate about. There were some things that were skimmed over, but other areas that were more fully explained. I have no doubt there are reasons for this. But, what was explained, including the parts of how he was lured in, Trump's "personality," some of the Trump family dynamics was enough to give a disturbing picture in itself. Given where we are now as a result of this president's actions, there were times I had to put the book down and walk away. But, this and, of course, the Bob Woodward book, were and are the two books I had wanted to read about this mess. I am not sorry I read this book. I still don't like Michael Cohen.