Full Disclosure Hardcover – October 2, 2018

Boring stories don't make for good memoirs. You might not agree with her unconventional lifestyle choices, but they sure do make for an interesting book.Like many, I wasn't entirely sure what to expect when I pre-ordered this memoir. A hit piece on trump? A slimy recollection of creepy Cheeto experiences?Not so.Stormy details the quirky and sometimes upsetting details of her childhood, on through her debut in the business, and follows up with the ups and downs of life on the edge including her life in the headlines. If you are looking for a hit piece on the president's bedroom antics, you won't find it here; Trump doesn't even appear until almost 50% of the way in, and most of his presence relates to shady business dealings.Surprise: her side of the story deserves to be told, too. I learned a lot from chapters 8 & 9 about the scandal surrounding the NDA that I didn't know. Pieces of the puzzle that I hadn't bothered putting together. I won't hit you with any spoilers, but trust me when I say that you don't even know the half of it unless you'd call yourself a subject matter expert on her and Trump's rendezvous. "If it's true, why would she settle for only $130k? That's like ten bucks to me or you." Pffffffft, just read. It will all make sense.....& you'll never look at mushrooms the same...Republican (yup, you read that right) Stormy's career choices make her memoir all the more interesting, *not* undignified. Any time someone is willing to question the straight and narrow paths most of our parents want us to take, I'm reeled in. Full Disclosure is no exception, with or without the grandioseness of Trump's involvement. My mother also worked in the business, but unlike Stormy, she never got around to putting her stories on paper or making herself vulnerable to the personal attacks to come from it. Stormy gets points for bravery in that regard, something you'll realize she has plenty of if you decide to read her book.

I'm an English grad, grammar snob, and memoir connoisseur. I live for memoir releases. However, I must admit, I wasn't sure about this one. I generally try not to judge other people but I wasn't sure if: 1) I would connect with the story of a "porn star," and 2) if I really wanted to know the fine details of what I assumed would be a granular description of Trump's anatomy and sexual behavior. I squeezed my eyes shut and clicked "buy." To my surprise, I found two glorious first chapters of a woman's life from age two through around twenty-seven, packed with interesting, relatable, and in parts, tragically sad information about a life lived as well as a girl with uncanny odds stacked against her could. (Quick aside: I hate that the first two chapters are around 55 pages each. The reader has little sense of forward movement of the text and it detracts from the story. I wish the publisher would have broken those huge chapters into smaller pieces with descriptive titles.) Enter Donald Trump. He’s everything and nothing we would imagine. At times, an overconfident, self-obsessed, prick juxtaposed with a glaringly insecure old man. Following Stormy’s four in-person encounters with the man (and from what I can tell, six to eight months of phone calls), the story takes us behind the scenes to the absolute “tornado” (an appropriately used metaphor in the book) that became Stormy’s life post-Trump. By the last page, I came away with many impressions, the greatest of which involve respect for Stormy as a person, belief in the entirety of her story, and a bit of sadness about the things lost along the way. To be clear, had this memoir been published without the stigma of the Trump association in existence, I would esteem it among one of my favorites. At first, I thought it was a shame that such a smart, talented writer/director/entertainer and loving mother had to, to some extent, waste her first book on a “scandal.” Then, I realized that many of us have such antagonists in our own stories, save the limelight. Well done, Stormy. Respect.

A real revelation. Not because of the already well-publicised Trump connection or the notorious corruption of him and people around him, but because of the honesty and humanity of the author’s story. Written by an adult for an adult audience - and by that, I mean grownups that can think for themselves - it tells her story without hiding anything but also without sensationalising anything. As such, this book is refreshingly easy to read and relate to. I very much enjoyed it.

This autobiography (biography?) started off well enough, with an account of a difficult childhood and upbringing.Her tale of her meeting with Donald Trump was curious enough.However, what I particularly disliked was the crude language and crude storyline into which the book seemed to descend in the second half of the tale, - post her meeting with Trump.

When is Stormy coming to the UK? That's what I want to know... Funny, unflinching and completely devoid of self-pity, this book is as eye-opening about the adult film industry as it is about all the Trump schenanigans. That said, I would have liked to have known more about Stormy's analysis of her own life, but maybe that's for future volumes.

Gave up half way through, feel sorry for early childhood- lousy parents but this book is so badly written, only claim to fame is having sex with Donald Trump- my advise , do not waste your money

Found with this book you would need to read her first one as she kept referring too many time to it. In the end I give up, but I need a book that grabs my attention early.