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