Book Review: Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

An epic story about twin brothers set in Addis Ababa and New York. For the first 450 pages, I found the book to be okay, but also rather boring and uninteresting. I was ready to give it a C- or D+ grade. THEN, I read the last 200 pages, which were perfect, amazing, and some of the best ever written. So, were the first 450 pages necessary for making the last 200 so incredible? Could the 450 pages been reduced to 200 pages while still retaining the quality of the last 200? I don't know. This book is a must read. Grade: A-