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John Carreyrou: Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup (Hardcover, 2018, Knopf) 4 stars

The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of a multibillion-dollar startup, …

Review of 'Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

fascinating story, couldn't put it down (read it faster than anything i've read in a long time), but i do wish the book had spent some time dissecting the conditions that could allow this to happen (silicon valley culture, state of regulations, etc). a great read in any case.

Theodora Goss: The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter (Paperback, Saga Press) 3 stars

Mary Jekyll, alone and penniless following her parents' death, is curious about the secrets of …

Review of "The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter" on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

this looked like something right up my alley, but it was a lot more lightweight than i was expecting. it started out pretty fun, but i found that eventually i stopped caring about what was happening to the characters. i guess i'm not the audience for this after all :(