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Title: Extremely Passionate but Meandering
Review: This book was awesome, don't get me wrong, but the only things keeping me from absolutely loving it were the parts where Stone strayed from the most interesting areas (to me). The most interesting areas of this book were the inner workings of Michelangelo himself, the artist and the spurned son and lover and citizen of the magnificent Florence. I wish it had more of what went on inside his head instead of just colorful accounts of the wars of the Renaissance. I loved looking into his mind and his obsession with art.Being an aspiring art history buff, I was taking a sculpture class while reading this book, which is both a curse and a blessing, wanting to love it as much as he did but finding it difficult as a beginner.Another side I enjoyed was the love affair he had with the Medici family, most importantly Lorenzo and Contessina. Heartbreaking to say the least!
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