PositiveThe Wall Street JournalAfter reading this book, even loyal fans will think of him differently than they did before ... Mr. Springsteen investigates the emotional discord of his own life while capturing the sense of celebration and almost religious fervor in much of his music ... Throughout the book, he carefully walks the line between buffing the Springsteen mythology and unmasking his agonies ... Here and there, though, the book flags; some sections seem perfunctory, if not dull.