I had set out to read something spooky for Halloween, but what I got instead was mostly a legal procedural. This is not necessarily a bad thing, because this is a story that was worth telling.

A lot of reviewers here seem to be aggravated by Bugliosi's perceived egomania. To me, his text doesn't scan so much as bragging as just telling the facts. This was indeed a complex legal battle, and Bugliosi and Weinglass had an uphill battle.

There are some small dry patches of legalese, but most of these have thankfully been deposited into an appendix at the end of the book for those who don't need the legal mumbo jumbo. Overall, this book has left me a little more knowledgeable in the legal field, and it has left me a little wiser with regards to withholding judgments until I have all the facts.