Cutting for Stone: A novel

One of my all-time favorite novels.

Beautiful but tragic story of twins Marion and Shiva, orphaned at birth, growing up in a turbulent Ethiopia during the reign of Haile Selaisse.

Lots of richly formed characters, and his descriptions of the medical procedures read almost like prose.

I loved this book. I feel like I have lived with these characters for the last month. I’m sad it’s over.

It was so hard to read in the beginning. But with dictionary in hand I kept reading. I am so glad I did. The book was so well written!!!

Favorite line from the book:

The world turns on our every action, and our every omission, whether we know it or not.

Absolutely amazing book. One of those that when you finish it, it feels like waking up from a dream and you don't really know what to do with yourself afterwards.

Beautifully written. The story and writing drew me in immediately. The writing was poetic and evocative, but the story was compelling as well. The ending wasn't quite as satisfying as I had hoped ~ one pivotal character in particular seemed one dimensional. But overall it was a good book ~ I would highly recommend it.