An interesting and timely undertaking ... The reader...cannot help but take a dim view of the man, as opposed to the artist, and his cavalier attitude towards these women who inspired his greatest work. He didn’t seem to have loved anyone nearly as much as he loved himself. Genius does not excuse everything.
Remarkable stories ... Each woman has a chapter of her own, which illuminates a story that begins before Picasso and ends after him. It’s a structure that runs the risk of being repetitive, and patterns certainly emerge ... If this brilliantly insightful and well-written book is lacking anything, it’s bite.
