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Bad Blood
- Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
- Lu par : Will Damron
- Durée : 11 h et 37 min
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New York Times Best Seller
Named one of the best books of the year by: NPR, The New York Times Book Review, Time, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post
The McKinsey Business Book of the Year
The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of Theranos, the one-time multibillion-dollar biotech start-up founded by Elizabeth Holmes - now the subject of the HBO documentary The Inventor - by the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued it to the end.
“The story is even crazier than I expected, and I found myself unable to put it down once I started. This book has everything: elaborate scams, corporate intrigue, magazine cover stories, ruined family relationships, and the demise of a company once valued at nearly $10 billion.” (Bill Gates)
In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the female Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose start-up “unicorn” promised to revolutionize the medical industry with a machine that would make blood testing significantly faster and easier. Backed by investors such as Larry Ellison and Tim Draper, Theranos sold shares in a fund-raising round that valued the company at more than $9 billion, putting Holmes’ worth at an estimated $4.7 billion. There was just one problem: The technology didn’t work. A riveting story of the biggest corporate fraud since Enron, a tale of ambition and hubris set amid the bold promises of Silicon Valley.
Commentaires
"[A] chilling, third-person narrative of how Holmes came up with a fantastic idea that made her, for a while, the most successful woman entrepreneur in Silicon valley.... Prizewinning Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou tells [this story] virtually to perfection.... [His] description of Holmes as a manic leader who turned coolly hostile when challenged is ripe material for a psychologist.... His recounting of his efforts to track down sources - many of whom were being intimidated by Theranos’s bullying lawyer, David Boies - reads like a West Coast version of All the President's Men." (Roger Lowenstein, The New York Times Book Review)
"Carreyrou blends lucid descriptions of Theranos’s technology and its failures with a vivid portrait of its toxic culture and its supporters’ delusional boosterism. The result is a bracing cautionary tale about visionary entrepreneurship gone very wrong." (Publishers Weekly)
"Eye-opening.... A vivid, cinematic portrayal of serpentine Silicon Valley corruption.... A deep investigative report on the sensationalistic downfall of multibillion-dollar Silicon Valley biotech startup Theranos. Basing his findings on hundreds of interviews with people inside and outside the company, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning Wall Street Journal reporter Carreyrou rigorously examines the seamy details behind the demise of Theranos and its creator, Elizabeth Holmes.... [Carreyrou] brilliantly captures the interpersonal melodrama, hidden agendas, gross misrepresentations, nepotism, and a host of delusions and lies that further fractured the company’s reputation and halted its rise." (Kirkus)
"Crime thriller authors have nothing on Carreyrou's exquisite sense of suspenseful pacing and multifaceted character development in this riveting, read-in-one-sitting tour de force.... Carreyrou's commitment to unraveling Holmes' crimes was literally of life-saving value." (Booklist, starred review)
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- Alexandre Centner
- 02/08/2019
Plus passionnant que Game of Thrones ou 24h
Investigation extrêmement bien réalisée et histoire passionnante racontée à merveille. Incroyable de découvrir comment quelques personnes avec beaucoup d’assertivité ont réussi à berner autant de personnes intelligentes et faire taire autant d’autres... Comment de nombreux investisseurs ont-ils pu bâcler leur due diligence à ce point ? Comment des avocats ont-ils pu mettre de côté leur sens de l’éthique ? Comment des hommes d’affaires ont été aveuglés ? Tellement dingue que ce soit une histoire vraie ! certainement un des meilleurs bouquins business que j’ai lu ces dernières années (sur près d’une cinquantaine)
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- Max
- 25/03/2019
Une histoire qui fait froid dans le dos
Une fraude de grande ampleur décortiquée sous tous les angles !
Une écoute très agréable, je recommande !
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- Client d'Amazon
- 28/09/2018
In one go!
Even knowing the end before I started reading, you feel in a real thriller. Reality is often worst than thrillers! That book makes you think on our own behaviour, what we do and what we could have done in such a company.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- lea
- 25/06/2020
so well written
the author transports you into the most tiny yet thrilling details of this huge fraud
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- Dr. MP
- 29/05/2018
Extreme retaliation against former employees
Theranos lab employees were under continuous observation - camera surveillance, email scrutiny, the works. Fake baritone voiced Elizabeth Holmes and her cruel boyfriend Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani held them tightly in mortal fear, pursuing the few who thought they could resign and rebuild their lives. No lab employee could be allowed to expose the fraud.
The multi-billion dollar secret at the time: Theranos was phony baloney; it had no device that could run all types of blood tests with just a drop of blood and then provide instant accurate test results. It didn't have anything to change the world. All those Theranos devices being used by the U.S. military in Afghanistan - pure fabrication. But nobody could prove it wasn't being done and besides, the board of directors included: George Shultz; James Mattis; Henry Kissinger; and many other famous heavy hitters.
The suspense built and built. Author and narrator matched up nicely, building strength as the book progressed. They made me feel the fear a Theranos lab technician who had to pretend miracles happened. One former lab director was driven to suicide, a mere pawn in this game. Former lab employees discovered the hard way they could run but not hide (those who tried to hide were found by Theranos investigators).
George Shultz's grandson was caught more than once trying flip his grandfather, and his family was made to spend an obscene amount (I think it was $400K) trying to defend against Theranos lawsuits. Legal bills were only part of the harassment. Holmes and her crew ruined people's reputations and careers.
Elizabeth Holmes remains a mystery. Carreyrou says she was an outstanding sales person. She relieved big money out of sophisticated investors - $150 million from the Walton family, $121 million from Rupurt Murdoch, $100 million from Betsy DeVos (her father-in-law was co-founder of Amway), $120 million from the Cox family that controls Cox Media Group, and so on.
Bad Blood shows how an apex con artist dupes important people by appealing to ego and greed. Jim Cramer said her company was changing healthcare the same way Amazon changed retail. President Clinton publicly asked her for advice on reducing inequality. She made the Time Magazine 100 List. She talked pure nonsense without interviewers being aware of it. Instead they probably saw a female Steve Jobs; we all wanted to see a female Steve Jobs. Although it tries, the book doesn't explain what Holmes said and did behind closed doors that captured sophisticated investors and government leaders. It's still a mystery. I keep thinking about it.
In retrospect, all those employees who lived in fear were never the target. Holmes targeted billionaires, and to a lesser extent, famous people with big egos. Holmes dealt with these people directly. She made them wait; she made sure her security detail was more numerous than theirs; she decided when the meeting was over; she put the pants on them and dipped them. How on earth did she pull it all off?
True crime is an exciting genre, and this book succeeds for two reasons: 1. The author was part of the story from the beginning, as he understood a crime was occurring and the villain worked at shutting him up. 2. The story was told from the perspective of lab employees living the nightmare of running from a monster that gives pursuit.
(Separately, I keep thinking about the non-disclosure agreement (NDA) Theranos used on employees, how they weaponized this basic legal contract. One can imagine why lab scientists and technicians signed since this was a condition of employment.)
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- Jeff Koeppen
- 14/08/2018
Shocking story of a meteoric rise and fall
Prior to reading Bad Blood, I was vaguely familiar with Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes through articles in the print media and TV news coverage but never really dug deeper than that. I was interested in their core business, blood testing, and thought highly of Elizabeth Holmes and her mission to help those with health problems. She was passionate about her business and the company had a commendable mission statement. Her fame came relatively fast, and was lauded far and wide for being a strong young executives who was trying to change the world. Heck, she was even dubbed “the next Steve Jobs” (and even dressed like him and mimicked a number of Apple's strategies and polcies within Theranos).
WOW. Bad Blood absolutely blew my mind. I had no idea what the was going on with Holmes and Theranos. This book, written by Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou, gives you the play-by-play of how the Stanford drop-out built a NINE BILLION DOLLAR company and became one of the youngest BILLIONAIRES ($4.7B at her peak) ever without ever really developing a viable product! All this on blue sky! All based on wildly optimistic projections which were total fabrications! The ultimate “fake it until you make it” but Theranos never made it; and, as you now hear if you listen to business news, the house of cards has finally collapsed. Bad Blood covers the unbelievable story of Theranos from its origins right up until early 2018.
Some of the Theranos story is stranger than fiction. How did Elizabeth Holmes use her cult of personality to lure many, many major investors such as Walgreens, Safeway, Rupert Murdoch, the Walmart Waltons, Betsy DeVos, etc. to give her company millions of dollars? How did she build a board of directors with members such as George Schultz (!), William Perry (!), Sam Nunn (!), Bill Frist (!), and Henry Kissinger (!!!), plus other notables?
The company was run by Holmes’s boyfriend Sunny Balwani, who was eighteen years older than her, and who ran the company using intimidation and fear. Turnover was extremely high and threats of lawsuits were used to intimidate rivals and former employees. The tactics used by the whistleblower who ultimately took down Theranos have to be read to be believed. Therenos spent astronomical amounts of money on private investigators and the best corporate attorneys money could buy.
The dark(er) side of the story has to do with the people affected by the inaccurate test results produced by the Theranos equipment which was based on technology that didn’t work. Even though the company’s supposedly cutting-edge technology was giving inaccurate readings Theranos continued selling consumer testing through their corporate partners, choosing dollars over the safety of their customers. There are currently lawsuits pending against Theranos from people who were harmed by Theranos’ inaccurate test results.
This was an excellent listen. I would highly recommend even to those who are interested in business as the story of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos is just enthralling from start to finish.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- Michael J Canning
- 30/06/2018
Excellent listen & definitive account
The definitive account of a massive fraud perpetrated by Theranos and it’s leadership team — as well as the extraordinary lengths to which the company and its bare-knuckled attorneys went to try to prevent the fraud from being discovered - recounted by the journalist who pulled on the strings that unraveled the whole disgusting enterprise. I finished it in 4-5 days and would recommend to anyone who is interested in Silicon Valley, venture capital, the perils of private securities offerings, and the limits of the “fake it till you make it” mantra that is pervasive (but not confined to) Silicon Valley and the startup culture.
Elizabeth Holmes is clearly a sociopath - the book never quite figures her out, but that much is clear - but my impression from the book (and my own anecdotal experiences) is that Holmes is not as unique as we might like to believe. We will see in time. But it is hard to read this book and not come away with the impression that a big part of the reason the Theranos story ends with Holmes under federal indictment for fraud is that she made the mistake of perpetrating that fraud in the highly regulated industry of human laboratory testing, Had she sought to “disrupt” a more mundane industry - anything that wasn’t literally “life and death” - I suspect there is good chance she would have gotten away with it. For his part, the illustrious David Boise also comes across looking at best like a tarnished super-lawyer at worst like a terrible human being who went to (suspiciously) great lengths to abet Holmes and her fraud. Kudos to Carreyrou for telling this story and to the WSJ for publishing it. Well worth the credit.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- TechnoApp
- 08/06/2018
What an amazing journalist
This is just an incredible book. I’m so grateful he 1)exposed a sociopath and 2) wrote it all down for us to read. Just fantastic.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous
- 28/05/2018
Female Psychopath
This is the story of the intricate manipulations of a female psychopath. Older, successful men were a key target. She’d play the granddaughter role or any other role to fulfill their psychological needs. A true but almost unbelievable story of a successful psychopathic plan.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation2 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- Suzanne Delzio
- 09/09/2018
What a cast of rotten characters!
Unbelievable. I hope Holmes and Sunny go jail for a long time. Selfish losers. The biggest heroes are Carreyrou and Tyler Shultz, George Shultz's grandson. I hope George is shamed by his behavior. Tyler showed the most courage of anyone in the story, and he was only in his 20s! Good job, mom and dad, even if it was tough on you for a while. I hate bullies and Elizabeth Holmes certainly is one. Let's see how she fares in jail. Throw away the key.
I binged this in about 3 days, turning down fun invitations to stay home alone listening. The best book I've read in a long time. What a journalist. We need more like him.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- Angela Lauer
- 23/06/2018
Off the chart expose’!
Having been in and around the tech startup scene for 25 years, I felt like I personally experienced every situation and person that the author portrays in this amazing story of fake-it til you make-it. One of the top books I’ve read in the last 10 years. It’s a must read, true story of control, manipulation, greed, lies, fantasy and recklessness. 5 out of 5 IMO.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- Amanda Topping
- 22/06/2018
whoa baby
I am not a non-fiction reader AT ALL and only chose this book because of my foolish habit of judging books by their covers/names. The name of this book put me in mind of the HBO show Big Little Lies, which I really enjoyed.
This book does not disappoint. It is dripping with juicy drama, secrets and lies. To think it actually happened is unbelievable. In the book it mentiones a few times how surprised people were of Elizabeths Holmes voice. They were not kidding.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book from start to finish.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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- Kenneth
- 30/05/2018
Outstanding and the definitive words on Theranos.
This is an outstanding story and sits on the shelf entitled, "If It Wasn't True, No One Would Believe It." It is nearly a mandatory reading before investing in any company and it's too good to be true representations. I hope there are appendixes because I strongly suspect that this story is no where near completed.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation3 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- Mary Bomar
- 12/02/2019
OK narrator
Don't understand why the narrator used such a high pitched voice to quote Elizabeth who is known for her fake baritone but ok.
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Global3 out of 5 stars
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Histoire3 out of 5 stars
- Chris
- 05/11/2021
Adding not much to the HBO documentary
After watching watching HBO's "The Inventor" some time ago, I was wondering how much this book added to the story. The answer: sadly not much. Especially by the part the author is introduced to the story it is rather dull. Still an interesting cautionary tale of hubris and deception.
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Global4 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire3 out of 5 stars
- Ben Pape
- 25/05/2021
Quite ok
I'm surprised that so many people really liked this. There is a certain peculiar fascination with Holmes that I really don't get apart from a very broad understaning of young, blonde and smart. The audiobook itself is pretty repetitive. Future employee in high spirits sees more and more flaws then leaves or gets the boot. Again and again. That's like 60% of the book. It picks up at the end when the kournalist becomes the protagonist but I was a little bored at that Point. This is no Enron.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- Utilisateur anonyme
- 19/12/2020
Captivating, unbelievable, scary and outraging
I really enjoyed how John Carreyrou described his investigations and the team work with the other whistleblowers. This is not the only example of those who cheat and lie for fame and money. I hope this to be a lesson for many. ~Meriem Akin
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- patrik
- 11/03/2020
great book, more like a crime novel
interesting topic, well written. one of the books I finished fastest. read more like a crime novel while being factual (I hope ;)
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- Dr. Ahl.
- 07/01/2020
Die Wirklichkeit - spannender als jeder Roman
Ein wirklich fesselndes Buch. Man weiß zwar, wie die Sache am Ende ausgeht, aber der der Autor schafft es daraus ein wirklich spannendes Sachbuch zu machen.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- Georg Michna
- 01/12/2019
Enthralling Experience, Important Implications
A multifaceted package, combining a story that puts fictional thrillers to shame with an insight into the cronyist inner workings of the Silicon Valley elites. The colorful rooster of characters gives an insight how various personalities interact with the main cast of cold-hearted fraudsters and greedy enablers. Detailed reconstructions of events show how the various institutions and their internal power dynamics shape the flow of events. John Carreyrou has woven all of it into a seamless, perfectly executed narrative. Unconditional recommendation!
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- 1lber
- 10/10/2019
Enjoyed it!!
Great story written in a delightful way by the author. It clearly explains one of the biggest problem in the startup universe.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- Yasmine
- 16/09/2019
Unbelievable. Very well written
John Carreyrou does an very nice job in telling the story. Technically also sound. Will Damron managed to read in a ver suitable way.
After doing some research, I think that some interesting details would ve further added to the story
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- Marina
- 05/09/2019
Super thrilling for a non-fiction book
I listened to that book during my roadtrip in West US and loved it. Driving didn't feel long and exhausting. When I finished it and ended up in California, I even had to go to Palo Alto and "feel" this place. Besides that I started searching for more information on that topic and all the news which I haven't heard of out of Germany. Can't wait for the movie to be released.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- danihoehl
- 04/07/2019
Unglaublich
, dass es eine wahre Geschichte ist. Hat Spaß gemacht die Hintergründe und persönlichen Geschichten einem Teil der Betroffenen zu hören. Spannend auch wenn man das Ende schon kennt :)
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