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jthelibrarian 's review for:
Steve Jobs
by Walter Isaacson
Extremely thorough. Despite being written at Jobs' suggestion and with multiple interviews with Jobs, Jobs agreed to no control over the contents. I think it is only because he knew he was dying that he was willing to give up his well-known obsessive control over the book.
The book is exceedingly harsh on Jobs. I think all would agree that he was a very forceful person. However, it begs the question why people would have stayed at Apple (and as his friends) for so many years if he was always cursing them out and telling them their work was no good.
It also skates quite a bit over some people and relationships. I assume those people did not meet with Isaacson, so he had little information on which to write.
There are some great stories and looks into how some incredible Apple products were created. It is not as thorough about Pixar, and quite skimpy about the NeXT years.
It was an interesting read, and it fits the 3-star category--I liked it. Isaacson did choose the best line to finish the book--Jobs' reflection on death.
The book is exceedingly harsh on Jobs. I think all would agree that he was a very forceful person. However, it begs the question why people would have stayed at Apple (and as his friends) for so many years if he was always cursing them out and telling them their work was no good.
It also skates quite a bit over some people and relationships. I assume those people did not meet with Isaacson, so he had little information on which to write.
There are some great stories and looks into how some incredible Apple products were created. It is not as thorough about Pixar, and quite skimpy about the NeXT years.
It was an interesting read, and it fits the 3-star category--I liked it. Isaacson did choose the best line to finish the book--Jobs' reflection on death.