" After NPR gave it a raving review, I anticipated a historical novel on the same level as Irving Stone's The Agony and Ecstasy, a powerful and eloquent read about Michaelangelo; but The Golden Mean, a well researched story based on Aristotle, falls short - a tedious and confusing plot with hard to follow dialogue, and characterizations, while historical correct, weak and forgettable. A major disappointment, but credit to Annabel Lyon for her determined research to understand the dimensions and impact on Western knowledge from the great Greek philosopher. "
— Randy, 1/11/2014