ual ▁errors ▁and ▁an ▁opinion ated ▁approach ▁that ▁revealed ▁the ▁author ' s ▁bias . ▁ ▁Re views ▁Mark ▁Rot ella ▁of ▁Publish ers ▁Week ly ▁gave ▁Can ' t ▁Bu y ▁Me ▁Love ▁a ▁star red ▁" sign ature " ▁review ▁and ▁said ▁that ▁"[ G ould ] ▁has ▁written ▁an ▁eng ross ing ▁book , ▁both ▁fluid ▁and ▁econom ical ▁( as ide ▁from ▁one ▁over long ▁section ▁on ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁char is ma ) ▁... ▁G ould ' s ▁de ft ▁hand ▁makes ▁the ▁book ▁sing . ▁This ▁is ▁music ▁writing ▁at ▁its ▁best ." ▁In ▁his ▁review ▁for ▁USA ▁Today , ▁Anthony ▁De Bar ros ▁wrote ▁that ▁while ▁" another ▁book ▁about ▁The ▁Beat les ▁– ▁perhaps ▁the ▁single ▁most - dis se cted ▁band ▁in ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁rock ▁' n ' ▁roll ▁– ▁seems ▁a ▁super fl uous ▁exercise ", ▁G ould ' s ▁work ▁" ex c els ▁by ▁providing ▁what ' s ▁been ▁missing ▁from ▁many ▁bi ograph ies : ▁context ". ▁Jim ▁Cal igi uri ▁of ▁The ▁Austin ▁Chron icle ▁said ▁that ▁despite ▁the ▁many ▁books ▁about ▁the ▁Beat les ▁and ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁" F ew , ▁if ▁any , ▁approach ▁both ▁subjects ▁together ▁in ▁the ▁manner ▁that ▁Jonathan ▁G ould ▁does ." ▁He ▁described ▁it ▁as ▁a ▁" gal van izing ▁read " ▁and ▁compl iment ed ▁the ▁author ' s ▁" ins ight ful " ▁assess ments ▁of ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁songs , ▁predict ing