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

informative medium-paced

3.5

This was a different kind of book than I was expecting, but I still enjoyed it. It really just follows the Theranos company from day 1 to when the book was published, in chronological order. Absolutely insane how a charismatic leader can get away with so much for so long. I wanted more insight on Elizabeth Holmes as a person, maybe information on the trial, but I guess that hadn’t happened yet when this was written. It was very well researched, but at the end it started feeling a bit too antagonistic. Like yes, there were people harmed here, but it started to feel like Carreyrou was personally very angry. He’s allowed to feel that way, but it shifted the focus away from the broader community of injured parties.