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# Bad Blood: I Could Not Put It Down

- [Made in Slatesource](https://slatesource.com/u/kairenner/bad-blood-i-could-not-put-it-down-1047)
- By [KaiRenner](https://slatesource.com/u/KaiRenner)
- History & Civilization
- Created on Apr 26, 2026

## The True Story That Reads Better Than Any Thriller

John Carreyrou spent years investigating Theranos and the result is a book that accelerates the way a great thriller does while being entirely true. Elizabeth Holmes built a company on the premise of a blood test that did not work, convinced investors and regulators and patients that it did, and kept the fraud running through a culture of fear and secrecy. Every chapter reveals something worse than the last and every chapter is better written than it has any right to be.

NOW

Thinking about what made so many smart people believe her

Updated Apr 2026

> Fraud this large does not happen by accident. It requires many decisions.

journey·4 Sections

# Reading Bad Blood

Tension

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Section

"Portrait of self-belief unlike anything else

NOW

Reading about the appeal proceedings and wondering how the book will read in ten years when the full legal story has resolved.

Updated Apr 2026

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