Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson, is a regular non-fiction book but with more in-depth details. What makes the book interesting is it goes into Jobs’ personal life and summarizes his achievement in creating a Tech Giant. Steve Jobs was given up for adoption when he was a toddler, because of his biological parents differing backgrounds, Jobs’s adoptive parents loved him and did everything in their powers to give him a good education. But, Jobs found College useless and rebelled but when he had no choice but to attend one, Jobs chose Reed College. A Liberal Arts College way out of the Jobs family’s budget, but in order to fulfill the promise given to Steve’s biological mother (that Steve will go to College), his parents scraped for money and sent him to Reed College. Only to have Steve drop out. Jobs founded Apple with Steve Wozniak, and by the age of 25, he had 250 million dollars. But, it was not always smooth sailing, Jobs was facing personal issues, like not accepting Lisa Brennan-Jobs to be his daughter, like his parents had not accepted him (though Jobs eventually accepted his daughter). While, also getting ousted from Apple, only to go on and create another giant, this time in animations, Pixar. Before, being welcomed again to Apple, Jobs on his 2nd coming took Apple to great heights and created revolutionary products. But unfortunately in taking his company to new heights, he did not focus on his own health and died on October 5, 2011. Leaving behind a remarkable legacy. Perhaps, the thing that I admire the most about this book is Walter Isaacson did not try to hide who Steve Jobs was, an abusive boss, a careless and ignorant human, and a jerk. Also, there were collections of crazy instances in the book, like the story of Steve Jobs not accepting his daughter, and Jobs’s constant interactions with his biological father, without realizing it. Until finding out from his biological sister, and from that day onwards never eats at his father’s restaurant and avoids interactions with him. The book is above-average non-fiction, whose intense and in-depth details are its boon as well as its curse. Overall, Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson is a pleasant read, this book will make you see the visionary behind Apple, not as a superhero but as a villain at times. The book might motivate you and help you realize that you can elevate even if you are not good at what the company does, like Jobs who is not a genius when it comes to technology, but he is a mastermind at marketing in which he created the biggest impact and even earned the name of a Showman. A bit of advice to readers while reading non-fiction would be to not keep a deity-like image of the person you are reading about, you will often find yourself disappointed, as not everyone is perfect, and you can not always afford to be nice when you are running a corporation.
Ansh B.
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