I wanted to understand more about insulin, particularly given the “insulin costs too much” issue currently in the news. Didn’t get as much insight into that as hoped, but did learn a lot about diabetes, the discovery of insulin and the extensive work required to make it into a deliverable drug.
Things to complain about:
It can be a fire hose of technical detail. I actually slowed it down to 0.9X speed to try to understand better, and left the whole book at that speed. (Usually I speed them up).
Too much info on jealousies among researchers. Doesn’t add much to understanding the subject.
Despite those issues, I recommend this book.