I understand what you're getting at, but how exactly does the book make Romero look bad? Sure he certainly made more mistakes than Carmack, but does that make him look bad? At worst the book makes Romero look a little arrogant. But the book is also filled with accounts of Romero doing great work and notes that when the two Johns met it was Carmack that admired Romero for having more impressive programming knowledge. Clearly things changed but implying that the book makes Romero look bad is a stretch.