iCon - Steve Jobs

Subtitle: The greatest second act in the history of business.

A book for Steve Jobs, a book he turns down. This is an effort to depict Job’s personality through several events in his life.

First of all I have to say it is a book easy to read. It was written to become a best seller and it did become a best seller. The authors of the book take the story from the very beginning: the birth of Jobs, his childhood, his growing up, how Apple was born, how Jobs became a king, how he was pushed away from Apple and his great return of course.

The book is breathtaking. You can’t stop reading. Sometimes you feel you are an invisible guest of the story and you see it happen right in front of your eyes. Nevertheless, this book is not a Jobs’ colophon. Page by page we see a man who is raw, angry all the time, someone who gets what he wants by crying, an egomaniac. We can also see some of his virtues, but not too many.

What I expected to find but I didn’t was a real portrait of Jobs’ character. Instead there is a detailed description of the background of crucial events which made him be an idol. For me this wasn’t enough.

So if someone wants to read a book during his summer vacations, iCon is a perfect choice. If he wants to find out more about Jobs he will have to dig deeper into other resources.