Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

I have a lot of respect for John Carreyrou's work and tenacity in bringing Elizabeth Holmes' fraud to light. The story is a fascinating one, and the book is definitley worth reading, however I feel like it could have been summed up more concisely, perhaps in reading Carreyrou's original Wall Street Journal pieces.

It just became really depressing to read all of the ins and outs Theranos structure, the rate of firings, the many different ways the supposedly ground breaking technology didn't work, the lengths they went to hire lawyers and private investigators to prevent whistle blowers. After awhile I found myself skimming since it was years and years of repeated heinous corporate practices. There's no real satisfaction in learning why Holmes and her partner Balwani acted like such megalomaniacs, similar to how detectives interviewing sociopaths must feel frustrated when asking “Why did you commit this crime,” often there's just no answer to be found.