[Rucker and Leonnig] are meticulous journalists, and this taut and terrifying book is among the most closely observed accounts of Donald J. Trump’s shambolic tenure in office to date.

As befitting Pulitzer winners for investigative reporting, [Rucker and Leonnig's] book is richly sourced and highly readable. It sheds new light on how the 45th president tests the boundaries of the office while trying the patience and dignity of those who work for or with him. It is not just another Trump tell-all or third-party confessional. It is unsettling, not salacious..

Older readers may recoil from much of this assessment — not only because the behavior described is repellent, but also because its depiction in such relentlessly damning detail is disturbing. People naturally ask: How much of this can be true?.

... devastating.

... this is an icy, Iago-like glimpse of the emotional and moral nullity that may be the source of his power. On reflection, Rucker and Leonnig’s book needs a different, less brittly ironic title: they should have called it Evil Genius..

... is awash in arresting details.

A Very Stable Genius...churns over the same ground of many volumes that came before. In fairness to Rucker and Leonnig, whose coverage of Trump has won them both Pulitzers, the reason much of their book feels recycled is because of their own standard-setting work on the Trump beat.

... an authoritative, blow-by-blow account of Donald Trump’s first three years in the White House.

... one of the most-credentialed Trump-books yet to appear.