Abraham Verghese's book Cutting for Stone is my favorite book of all time. Whereas I found The Covenant of Water to be the opposite. I felt as if I were doing penance the whole time I was reading it. It was a depressing experience. I did not enjoy the writing at all.
BookBrowse seeks out and recommends the best in contemporary fiction and nonfiction—books that not only engage and entertain but also deepen our understanding of ourselves and the world around us.