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A review by leona28
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
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.