I bought this book because I wanted to know a lot more about the Borghese works of art, and because I wanted to be able to remember all the beautiful things there. Overall, I was pleased with it, but two negative things pushed my rating down to a four: 1. descriptions of every painting dwelt more on a detailed description of the painting or sculpture (ie, things I could see with my own eyes by looking at the picture) and less on an explanation of what these things might mean (ie, I would rather have read: "the support for the sculpture is in the shape of a tree, because of the large bulk of marble necessary to support the weight of the upper torso," whereas the book would have stopped before the word "because.") 2. On some of the finer sculptural works, especially the Bernini's, which are SO dynamic, I would have LOVED if the book included photographs from more than one angle.

Still, a lovely book, and it's SO nice to find a small gallery that forbids photography have a work complete enough to remind me of all the beautiful things that I saw there!

For several volumes leading up to this story arc, I was starting to feel like Tsubasa's story was cruising a bit, and it was frustrating because I liked the story and the characters and was ready for something to happen.

This volume, things happen. A lot of things. It was the best volume so far, way beyond the others. A lot gets explained, a lot more gets left unexplained, and for the first time since I started reading Tsubasa, I really, really, REALLY want to know what happens next (and won't find out til 17 comes out, grrr!). It's a little far in to the series to be a reason to pick it up for reader's who haven't been following it, but if you've been on the fence, or if you got bogged down during Piffle Princess Pod Racers, this is the volume that makes the series worth every penny. I hope the future volumes don't disappoint!