Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

Fascinating story that is stranger than fiction. It's hard to believe what Holmes and her partner got away with for so long. Amazing the amount of support she managed to get and the lengths she went to in order to perpetuate this fraud.

Despite all the investors she cheated, and the patients that didn't get the proper treatment, my sympathy was strongest for her employees, the ones that she harassed after they quit/got fired.This is no doubt because John Carreyrou focuses mostly on the former employees and those that had the nerve to share the incriminating information with him. It actually puts you on the edge of your seat because Holmes and her partners' harassment techniques include stalking and they were pretty scary.

There was one thing that really killed me about Elizabeth Holmes, although all things considered it was rather minor. There were multiple mentions in the book of how Holmes would flirt and use her charms on older men to get their support, investment money, etc. When she finds out what Carreyrou is writing about her, she accuses him of bias against her because she's a woman. No way, Holmes. You can't use your femininity in your favor and then turn around and accuse someone else of using it against you.

But all things considered, this is the least outrageous thing that Holmes did or said.