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Abraham Verghese

4.25 AVERAGE

klwest21's review against another edition

4.0

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This book is partly about medicine and partly about how some doctors interact with their co-workers and heal people in the messy world around them. Sound like a book version of Grey's Anatomy? Not exactly, the characters are human, flawed, endearing, rude and complicated. Add a pregnant nun, conjoined twins, South Asians in Ethiopia, a med student in NY, a crazy political situation and mix it all up! Voila....a great tale. Yes, sometimes I yelled at the book. Other times, I was mad at certain characters, but it certainly drew me in. Just give it a try....you might just be swept away.

polly_chapman's review against another edition

4.5

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

juliebarber1's review against another edition

4.75

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Loved this book 

doughastings's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I want to love Abraham Verghese, but I just can’t quite get there.  The other of his I’ve read, covenant of water, also starts off strong.  By the time you’re into the second or third storyline, I find I’m just dissatisfied.  His books are way too long, but it’s really the characterizations that I find are my biggest stumbling block.  And his relationships between men and women, the men are so often just, ugh.  I tend to like his female characters more.  And unfortunately his male characters irk me so much, I can’t enjoy reading the book.   So, I didn’t finish. I may return to it, as the setting is excellent, but I’ll be taking a break. This is my second attempt at this book, so we will see.  

theresa99's review against another edition

5.0

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I loved this book. It has been on my to read list for 4 years and I finally got to it. It was so beautifully written.

dorothy_anne's review against another edition

5.0

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Epic family saga. Damning indictment of the state health care in both developing countries and in the US.
Lots of medicalese in this book. Not a problem for me as i worked in health care, but be warned.
The narrator is absolutely amazing!

vrog12's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lilacmuse's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

potatobug's review against another edition

4.0

hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

fletcherskiddish's review against another edition

4.0

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced