I knew I was going to love this book, and whattayaknow I loved this book. I could have done with a little less engineering and science and a little more painting, but it's clear after finishing this book that the picture of Leonardo's life would have been incomplete and honestly lacking without all of the insight provided into his scientific passions and endeavors.

Often I see people say of their favorite books that they slowed down their reading because they never wanted the story to end... I've never related to that behavior, and I pretty much always get to a point in books when I'm racing to finish them. It even happened to me while reading this book. But this is also one of the only books where I actually have found myself slowing down my reading or re-reading passages not because I didn't understand them, but because I wanted them to last longer.

Well-written and insightful and insanely interesting. One of my favorites, hands down.