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

5.0

I got this book as a reading assignment as an incoming freshman at the University of Michigan's College of Engineering and I was very skeptical when I received this book in the mail because I thought I was going to have to spend a week or a few weeks reading one of the most boring books I've ever encountered in my entire life. I knew about the Scandal related to theranos and Elizabeth Holmes but I was unaware of the full story because a lot of the coverage I saw of her on tiktok was calling her a girl boss. When I started reading this book however, I was quickly proven wrong that Not only was this book not boring but she was not a girl boss. She was very much a criminal and a horrible, greedy person. This book is not told like your regular nonfiction book. The pacing and the writing is very much Thriller. Even if you do know the case, I'd reckon that you'd still find this book very interesting and very informative especially at it is told by the journalist who ultimately uncovered what thernos was doing to the public. This book also got me out of a reading slump even though it took me a little while to finish it and it also acted as sort of an ethics class for me. I think with the lessons from this book, I will be able to go into the College of Engineering practicing a more ethical approach to my studies and will ultimately be my career in the future.