I'm a sucker for investigative journalism stories, so I was prepared to like this book. However, I didn't realize how much it would hit me emotionally. I mean, I knew the outcome of the New York Times reporters' diligent research and subsequent charges against Weinstein, I had read every article and followed the story and movement (partaking in the hashtag like many women did)—but it's still a book full of tension that had me turning its pages rapidly. This is the craft of true journalism and the power it can wield! It's about getting the facts right, approaching a subject from every angle, understanding the boundaries of their sources, collaborating with editors and colleagues closely, and proceeding with integrity. Just a phenomenal demonstration of how arduous and rewarding investigative journalism can be.

And there were surprises in the book: the way the journalists shared their own visceral emotions during their journey (when one of them gets a call from a high-profile source that she will go on record, I, too, cried when the journalist cries), more respect for some of the women involved who didn't want the story to devolve into tabloid fodder and who were crucial to connecting the journalists to other sources, the arc demonstrated of what began with their initial article in 2017 to what transpired with Christine Blasey Ford and the Supreme Court nomination in 2018—there were a lot of details that I hadn't understood fully. I thought the culminating chapter which brought a lot of their sources together to speak to each other, to speak of their experiences, and to simply share was quite powerful. My eyes were welled with tears for most of the book, whether it was due to admiration or anger or sadness or victory—the words strung together for the emotional gamut.