A review by lory_enterenchanted
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense

4.0

I raced through this very long novel! Though loaded with characters and incidents, and taking place over many decades, I thought the author avoided the pitfalls of such books, keeping me always engaged and generally clear about what was going on, even as we jumped about in time and place. The hammering of repeated tragedies was tough, and the climax a bit over the top.  Yet having such a broad canvas and time span allowed characters to change and develop over time and for them to feel real to me. The medical mystery was fascinating, and so were the many scenes of surgery, medical intervention and healing. I think I liked that aspect the most.