One of the first pre-release reviews of Walter Isaacson's official biography of Steve Jobs has given it compliments for its treatment of the subject. The book seen by the New York Times aims to be the "biography of record" and is seen as a well-structured, though not lean, look at the span of Jobs' life. It "greatly admires" the subject, but it also gives the full breadth of Jobs' experience, from his relationship with those he knew to properly recreating the "passion and excitement" that followed key launches like the iPod.