Reviews tagging 'Death'

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

10 reviews

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

This book was so very well-written, and I would recommend the e-book specifically or a later published copy, since it has extra material in the back about the court proceedings. I really admire Mr. Carreyrou's fearlessness and tenacity to make sure this whole story was told and fact-checked. It's very clear from the writing that the investigation was extensive, and Theranos tried to make that as hard for him as possible. As for Elizabeth Holmes, did she have a a rough time in college (including possibly being a victim of assault) and was influenced and at least a little groomed by Sunny? Very possibly. Was he verbally or in other ways abusive? Also very possibly. But she knew exactly what she was doing and who she was scamming. She knew her products didn't work and that every other thing out of her fake male-sounding voice was a lie. It's still so wild that she got so many old white dudes to give her money.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Medical content, Stalking, and Classism

Minor: Cancer, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

heather667's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Sexual assault

fanchera's review against another edition

informative sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Cursing, Death, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, and Grief

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

challenging dark informative tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Minor: Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic

echood's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, and Alcohol

dev921's review against another edition

dark informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Suicide, Blood, Grief, and Gaslighting

plumpatio's review against another edition

informative mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

 Late to the party, I had yet to watch any adaptations or read beyond the headlines when I downloaded this audiobook. Read by the author, this account layers the various accounts from his reporting for WSJ and, toward the end, provides insight into his own encounters with Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes as the fraud began to unravel. Helpful in providing detailed context to what I already knew broadly regarding the biotechnology startup, I appreciate Carreyrou's refusal to speculate wildly about motivations, but am still left wondering how exactly Holmes rationalized her behavior and how she expected to pull it off. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Terminal illness

hlipman22's review against another edition

challenging informative tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Cancer

junefish's review against another edition

reflective tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Suicide and Medical content

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Gaslighting

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".

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Blood, and Medical content

Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Suicide, and Terminal illness

Minor: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Sexism, and Sexual assault