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

taralane's review against another edition

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5.0

I loved Carreyrou's ability to distill complex situations into easy to digest information. I will never get enough of this whole story! It was wildly fascinating to read about all of the players, all of the money, and all of the people who saw right through it all.

anniechacha's review against another edition

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4.0

I cannot believe how this schiester pulled the wool over on so many people because she was pretty and a little different. Just goes to prove, no matter how smart, experienced, and educated someone may be they are still victims of their own internal and unrecognized prejudices and assumptions.

maghsu's review against another edition

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4.0

4.5
This is a must-read book. Fascinating and infuriating!

2019 RHC Task 5 17, & 19

crciii's review against another edition

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4.0

Great read, it's amazing what some people will do to attain what they see as success.

balise's review against another edition

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5.0

Fascinating story, great storytelling - a very interesting and entertaining read. A novel with that plot would seem barely believable... and yet :) Highly recommended.

alexandra_isabelle's review against another edition

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5.0

This is quite possibly the most insane thing I’ve ever read. I cannot stop thinking about it and never want to stop talking about it. Every single page offered fascinating and disgusting details on how Elizabeth Holmes endangered the public through her constant lies — which border on sociopathic. This is a book you cannot put down. Kudos to John Carreyrou for his extensive reporting!!

ptaylor54's review against another edition

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informative mysterious medium-paced

4.0

timisreading's review against another edition

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5.0

Fascinating. By far, the most captivating book I’ve read in a while - and finished in a 36 hour span.

hanspeterebech's review against another edition

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5.0

The reason I read very little fiction is that what's going on in the real world always surpasses your wildest imagination.

Had Bad Blood be a fiction thriller I am sure a lot of people would have found the plot a little over the top. C'mon, how could a college drop-out fool so many people, raise $900 million and keep the company going for 15 years? That couldn't possibly happen in the real world.

But it did.
And it took some effort to reveal the fraud.

An amazing story, well written and astonishing.

ainsbee's review against another edition

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2.0

Fascinating story but book needed an editor.