My take on Bad blood by John Carreyrou

This year, I decided to get back to writing after a long time. I always feel like writing about things that I come across on a daily basis. So this is just like a personal diary on the internet :P. The target audience of this blog is just me.
I was looking for something to write about and I came across a post on twitter which said that book reviews are a great way to start writing. And here I am.
I found Bad Blood in Bill Gates' list of books to read. I finished reading Bad Blood a few weeks back and it felt like a long read.
I didn't know that it is not a fiction until someone told me when I was 100 pages in the book. This is a measure of how unrealistic the story is. And I felt that it changed the way I read the rest of the book.

This story is about Elizabeth Holmes, a Silicon Valley darling, who wants to be the next Steve Jobs. She is a 19-year-old dropout from Stanford who comes up with an idea to revolutionize the way blood tests work. She dreams of a small device that can conduct hundreds of tests instantaneously with just a pinch of blood. And she wants to install one of those in every house; just what Bill Gates wanted to do with PCs in the 90s. This device has the potential to change lives as it will allow people to regularly test their blood and take preventive action if needed. According to the experts, it was unrealistic to come up with a small enough device that could do so much. What follows is a tale of a dis-functional start-up being run as fiefdom with a splash of nepotism, lies, deception, and secrecy backed by wealthy and powerful friends. And surprisingly, this saga continued for more than a decade. If you are looking for an unrealistic story that feels real, go for it.