The Rodchenkov Affair: How I Brought Down Russia's Secret Doping Empire – Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2020 by Grigory Rodchenkov

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fredeye's review against another edition

3.5
challenging dark informative fast-paced

maisekki's review against another edition

5.0
Siis HUH. Hengästyttävän upea ja kaunistelematon kuvaus Venäjän valtiojohtoisesta doping-ohjelmasta sen yhden suunnittelijan näkökulmasta. Kirjaa lukee kuin parhainta dekkaria ikään, niin uskomattomalta sen tapahtumat tuntuvat. Villeimmissä käänteissä mieleen juolahtaa, että voiko kaikki tämä olla tottakaan, mutta erilaiset selvitykset vuosien varrella ovat kyllä todenneet Rodtšenkovin kertomukset todeksi. Hieno ja vaikuttava teos, joka varmasti jää mieleen pitkäksi aikaa.

justvaporlock's review against another edition

3.5
challenging informative medium-paced

olivia55's review against another edition

4.0
challenging informative medium-paced
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moorteena's review against another edition

4.0
Ťažko oddeliť samotnú knihu od jej autora, ktorý mi nie je sympatický :D
Bez ohľadu na to ide o odvážny náhľad do ruskej kultúry, kde je víťazstvo viac ako morálka.
Autor (samotný riaditeľ antidopingového centra) odhaľuje ako prebiehali dopingové podvody v Rusku, ako vymieňali a ničili vzorky, a najmä to, kam až táto "dopingová hierarchia" siahala.
Napísaná dobre, ale nie všetkému som rozumela a miestami som sa strácala.

hannah_paris's review against another edition

5.0
Being a lover of sports, I remember when Russia’s doping scandal hit the news. I have since read the book written by David Walsh about the story of the whistleblower couple (The Russian Affair for anyone who wants to read) and watched Icarus, when I found Rodchenkov himself had written a book I knew I had to read it. 

What he described shocked and amazed me, the whole book from start to finish was written so well and explained in great detail, but in a manner that is easily understandable. Rodchenkov is also an interesting individual. Overall a definite must read 

kathy10705's review

Saw the documentary and that was enough info for me
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chiv's review against another edition

informative
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jessjacko's review against another edition

4.5
challenging informative tense medium-paced

kelley_ag's review against another edition

4.0
informative tense