PositiveThe Washington Post\"Along the way, [O\'Meara] offers clear explanations of various aspects of moviemaking ... [O\'Meara\'s] passion serves her well in sketching Patrick’s life ... Horror buffs are likely to be most enthralled by O’Meara’s account of the genesis and development of \'Creature From the Black Lagoon\' ... [Patrick\'s] brilliant career makes for an often-fascinating life well told by O’Meara, who views Patrick as something of a groundbreaking role model for the author’s own path as an artist and advocate for female empowerment in Hollywood...\
Philip Norman
PositiveThe Washington PostIt’s a comprehensive and often illuminating account of the life and career of a musician who has had an outsize influence on generations of guitarists ... Norman takes readers on a whirlwind tour of Clapton’s long career ... Norman’s analysis of Clapton’s music, while often insightful, sometimes veers into unfiltered adulation ... Exhaustive as it is, Slowhand might have delved more deeply into why Clapton’s music has resonated so strongly with the public for so long, and how other rock and blues guitarists now view the playing of the man frequently called one of the greatest six-string slingers of all time.
