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adam75241's review
5.0
Bad Blood is a profoundly researched and scathing exposé of one of the biggest bullies in the health care and tech industry. I’m so thankful the dangers of Theronos and their threat to public safety were exposed, and I am equally thankful to learn Elizabeth ditched that awful turtleneck.
leona28's review
I decided to pick up Bad Blood as my April non-fiction pick after watching the dropout and wanting to know more about Theranos and its founder Elizabeth Holmes. I found the show and the book fascinating on its insights into the world of startups and in this case how they got away for so long lying to everyone about their device.
Bad Blood is extremely detailed, and gives you the full story of the rise and fall of Theranos. It details Elizabeth's upbringing, her time in Stanford and her pursuit of creating this company, how she gets hugely influential investors on board and the device and technology. She wanted to revolutionise the medical industry with a machine that could make blood tests faster, easier and just by a tiny amount of blood. But unfortunately the technology didn't work. However, for years she misleads investors, FDA employees and the public into thinking it works. Despite it giving false test results that potentially had huge impacts for people's lives. The author along with former Theranos employees shed the real life situation of the technology's and they bring it to the public despite legal pressure from Theranos to stay quiet.
I found this book so fascinating and definitely a page turner! A lot of the book is covered in the show but in parts the book goes more in-depth. I couldn't get over how she got away with it for so long and how the big investors didn't really ask questions on what was going on. Overall, I enjoyed this one and would recommend it if you want more insights into the scandal.
Bad Blood is extremely detailed, and gives you the full story of the rise and fall of Theranos. It details Elizabeth's upbringing, her time in Stanford and her pursuit of creating this company, how she gets hugely influential investors on board and the device and technology. She wanted to revolutionise the medical industry with a machine that could make blood tests faster, easier and just by a tiny amount of blood. But unfortunately the technology didn't work. However, for years she misleads investors, FDA employees and the public into thinking it works. Despite it giving false test results that potentially had huge impacts for people's lives. The author along with former Theranos employees shed the real life situation of the technology's and they bring it to the public despite legal pressure from Theranos to stay quiet.
I found this book so fascinating and definitely a page turner! A lot of the book is covered in the show but in parts the book goes more in-depth. I couldn't get over how she got away with it for so long and how the big investors didn't really ask questions on what was going on. Overall, I enjoyed this one and would recommend it if you want more insights into the scandal.
indihannajones0224's review against another edition
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4.0
ruth24's review
5.0
All I really knew before picking up this book was:
1) Something sketch had gone down in Silicon Valley
2) Elizabeth Holmes liked to wear black turtleneck sweaters like Steve Jobs
If fiction and non-fiction faced off against one another for my affections, fiction would always win. Hands down. Which is why I was a little apprehensive when I reached for this book (my month-long reading slump was not that far behind me), but Bad Blood unfolds like Netflix's Making a Murderer... you have the feeling that it couldn't possibly get worse, but then it does! And then it gets even more twisted and f*ed up than before! As I read on, my curiosity about Elizabeth Holmes grew to the point that I had to read her Wiki page and watch several YouTube videos about her after I finished the book. Was she really faking that deep voice? How did she convince so many smart people to back her ridiculous company?
This book was a juicy mystery, a shocking tell-all, a psychological profile, and an HR manual for what not to do. I've given four books 5/5 star ratings so far this year and this is one of them.
1) Something sketch had gone down in Silicon Valley
2) Elizabeth Holmes liked to wear black turtleneck sweaters like Steve Jobs
If fiction and non-fiction faced off against one another for my affections, fiction would always win. Hands down. Which is why I was a little apprehensive when I reached for this book (my month-long reading slump was not that far behind me), but Bad Blood unfolds like Netflix's Making a Murderer... you have the feeling that it couldn't possibly get worse, but then it does! And then it gets even more twisted and f*ed up than before! As I read on, my curiosity about Elizabeth Holmes grew to the point that I had to read her Wiki page and watch several YouTube videos about her after I finished the book. Was she really faking that deep voice? How did she convince so many smart people to back her ridiculous company?
This book was a juicy mystery, a shocking tell-all, a psychological profile, and an HR manual for what not to do. I've given four books 5/5 star ratings so far this year and this is one of them.
papapupucepestipi's review
4.0
Juiciest read in years, even after already having watched the Hulu show on the scandal.
commemorativeplague's review
5.0
I'm someone who struggles to focus on a book that has too many spelling/grammar/syntax issues, which is part of why reading this was an absolute joy and pleasure. Carreyrou's acumen as a professional journalist shines through in every sentence of this meticulously-researched and expertly-plotted exposé. Rather than following a strict chronology, this account of the downfall of Theranos focuses on a different individual in each chapter, including their initial interactions with Theranos and Holmes, through to the impending realizations of what the company was hiding. This structure helps to humanize the perspectives of the story, while Carreyrou takes care to remind the reader of the places in which those perspectives interact (i.e., as _ blank was doing this, _ started happening here). Although Carreyrou would have had plenty of reason to write a revenge book, the tone of this account is not vindictive. Rather, he presents the facts with journalistic integrity and allows the reader to follow along on his journey to uncover the truth. I had already watched the documentary, listened to the podcast, and watched the dramatized series, and even then, this book held me as captivated as if I hadn't known what was coming.