A review by kimveach
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

adventurous emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Another fantastic book from Abraham Verghese. It's been 14 years since "Cutting for Stone," but this book didn't disappoint. I loved it from the first sentence until the last word.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Suicide attempt, Violence, Ableism, Addiction, Bullying, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Colonisation, Chronic illness, Classism, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Vomit, and War