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Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
36 reviews
missemilyn's review against another edition
challenging
informative
tense
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Medical content, and Gaslighting
bardic_llama's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
3.5
Only gripe I really had while reading is that multiple acronyms would be introduced early on in the 1st half of the book and I'd forget their meanings when they were then used in the 2nd half. Main one being CLIA-clinical laboratory improvement amendments.
Also I'm not a big nonfiction reader as I struggle to keep focused especially around the midway point but one's written by journalists like this one & Jon Ronson's The Psychopath Test, I've throughly enjoyed mostly due to their writing style. They feel as if they're written by common folk for common folk in which they always explain enough but give ways for the reader to search up more if needed/wanted.
Also I'm not a big nonfiction reader as I struggle to keep focused especially around the midway point but one's written by journalists like this one & Jon Ronson's The Psychopath Test, I've throughly enjoyed mostly due to their writing style. They feel as if they're written by common folk for common folk in which they always explain enough but give ways for the reader to search up more if needed/wanted.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gaslighting, Medical content, Suicide, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
samstg's review against another edition
informative
tense
medium-paced
4.75
Super interesting! Bad Blood follows the rise and fall of Theranos though the stories of those burned by the company, from business partners to employees who dared to speak up about Theranos' false claims. It especially picks up when the the author, who original broke the story for the Wall Street journal, includes his involvement in breaking the story and how Theranos tried to silence the story from ever coming to light.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Blood, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Medical content
tieflingkisser's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content and Blood
katrinarose's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content and Blood
Moderate: Suicide
rini's review against another edition
informative
tense
medium-paced
4.0
Very interesting listen!
I just wish authors would stop using ableist language like "crippling" and appropriating language like "powwow".
I just wish authors would stop using ableist language like "crippling" and appropriating language like "powwow".
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Death, and Medical content
Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Suicide, and Terminal illness
Minor: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Sexism, and Sexual assault
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