It's funny because whenever I read these books I feel like someone just took a bunch of bullet points and then added anecdotes and fluff to make it fill a book. Herd you're reversing the process.
The bullet points it gave were were somewhat accurate at points, although I would say that the timeline and relationships wrong at some points. His childhood caretaker became a "woman he had a relationship with" later on, which was a complete mischaracterization. I think the regular version, sans the book text, might be more accurate (as it is probably based on Wikipedia / etc..)
> Many times the author tries to say the same thing 20 different times to fill a book. Many of those books could have been a great 30 minute presentation.
I always try to find the source presentation or article and consume that before reading a book. It has served me well. You get the core ideas, concisely, without the fluff.