Mona Lisa: A Mulher Por Trás do Quadro

THE GOOD: Worth reading. It was impressive to find out about the “real” Mona Lisa, who, to me at least, was not to be considered a real person until then. Lisa Gherardini is everything an interesting woman is, and even more if you consider she was contemporary to the Renaissance.

THE BAD: This book, although interesting, sins for not having pictures, diagrams and illustrations, which all could have enriched the readers experience. The author cites many masterpieces, many places, many situations for which I needed to interrupt my reading in order to check Wikipedia or Google up and the author could have spared me that.

THE UGLY: Even if sometimes complementary to the story, relying solely on the author's and her husband's travel experiences is at times very tiresome, and makes me think that if it wasn't for Lisa and my curiosity, I could have dropped the book, what I didn't do, but felt like many times, while struggling to finish another chapter.