Review: The Inspirational Sound Bite That You Would Already Know If You Are Over 30 . . .
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 25, 2014
First of all, this "book" contains nothing that you don't already know about Steve Jobs if you are over the age of 30 and haven't been living under a rock. Yes, he worked with Steve Wozniak who was probably the "brains" behind the computer programming of the operations. Yes, he had phenomenal "rock star" charisma in person. Yes, he was a charmer and could get people (male and female) to do his bidding. Yes, he was a Buddhist (or at least leaned in that direction). Yes, he was forced out of Apple in the 80's/early 90's but then they begged him to come back. The End. Also, it is written at the YA level (if not intentionally geared toward that audience). I think your 8-12 y.o. might find this very interesting, especially the "misfit finds his niche and rules the world" story line. So if your child is a computer geek who feels that s/he doesn't fit in, this quick read might be helpful for them to see that they are not the first to feel this way and it "does get better." For the rest of us, you could probably skim and finish this book standing in line to check out at the local grocery store.