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Cutting for Stone

Abraham Verghese

Start date: June 1, 2015

Finish date: June 30, 2015

Discussion: 2015 Summer Reading

Why we're reading this: Heard great things about this book and thoroughly enjoyed the exotic settings, diverse backgrounds of the…more
[close] Heard great things about this book and thoroughly enjoyed the exotic settings, diverse backgrounds of the characters and their development. The story was compelling from page 1! I did have trouble getting through some of the highly descriptive narrative on some surgical procedures.

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Mar 08, 2011 Stef rated it really liked it

I found the writing to be beautiful and highly descriptive with excellent character development. I absolutely loved learning about the Indian and Ethiopian culture. The only reason I don't give this book 5 stars is because I found the medical and surgical narratives to be far too much and too gruesome for someone without that sort of background or fascination. A bit TMI in my opinion. After a few surgical procedures were described, I ended up skipping past the rest. I didn't feel that high level ...more

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Feb 04, 2017 Jennifer Bowers rated it really liked it

This was a story that, for me, started slow, but it grew on me. I wasn't sure if I would stick it out, but because a couple of my friends had rated it sooo highly, I had to find out why they liked it.
Of course, it's in Africa, so that's a plus. But it's in East Africa, so that's a minus. ;-) The drama mounts and mounts ever so gradually, until the shocking (and I say this without exaggeration) denoument. Read it. It's worth it. ...more

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Feb 03, 2012 Erica rated it really liked it

Shelves: book-club

Knowing little of Ethiopia and it's history, it took me a little while to get myself situated in reading this book. I had to take it out of the library three times before it grabbed me, but it was worth it. The characters became so real to me...with all their virtues and especially because of their flaws and how they loved each other. Shiva was the only character that I didn't really "get", but since the book is told from the point of view of his twin, perhaps a lot was taken for granted on th ...more

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Mar 27, 2012 June rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction

Abandoned - too many tangents, to much medical gore, too depressing. I gave it a good chance, and got almost halfway through, but it didn't get better. ...more

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