I really enjoyed about 80% of this book. I don't want to spoil it for others, but the ending was one hot mess. And one scene near the end made me question the rest. But Addis Abba was vivid and interesting, and Ghosh was a lovely character.
This was a good book, but so very long. I enjoyed the sweeping saga of the main character's life, and a peek at life in Ethiopia, but it dragged in places.
Because the book is written so beautifully I highly recommend it, but there is so much detail that it becomes tedious and often distracting. Sometimes, there is just too much to digest at once, requiring you to put it down to be picked up again, later. It is not a quick read and requires patience to...
This was a wonderful coming of age story about twin brothers, Marion and Shiva, who grow up during a time of turmoil in Ethiopia, raised by their adoptive parents who are physicians at a Mission Hospital in Addis Abbaba. I found Verghese's writing beautiful and compassionate. This is very much a cha...
This is a very long saga that is interesting, but very wordy. It needed a good editor and even better proofreaders. I got distracted by the obvious errors, such as one character who is described as not wearing a belt and later his belted pants create a problem! Perhaps the editors/proofreaders got t...
This book is beautifully written, and the author's ability to unravel a story and bring it all back together in the end was really well done. Still, I was unable to buy many of the characters' motives throughout the story. Why did Marion love Genet ? Why did Shiva betray his brother so effortlessly ...
I loved this book, even the graphic medical details which might well have seemed superflous with a lesser writer seemed to add to the story. The opening chapters are exceptionally strong and gripping although the momentum slightly flags in the middle and the final quarter is beautiful - despite (my ...
But it was only now, near the end, and far too late, that the pieces suddenly - dreadfully - clicked into place. Like a long Tetris piece slamming down, making a whole block of mystery blink and vanish. Only now did he realize what suddenly seemed so obvious: everyone who had suggested this book t...
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