*MAJOR SPOILER ALERT*
I have to say I agree with most of the positive reviews here that overall this was a beautifully written, well-researched book. I was hooked from the start and loved the historical and medical aspects of the story.
I have a hard time writing anything negative about a piece of work someone has obviously poured their heart and soul into, especially because a reader's experience is so subjective but I have to say that I took issue with a disturbing scene towards the end of the book where the main character reunites with his childhood/teenage love interest. He felt betrayed by her and some would say rightfully so but her character committed these betrayals when she was young, naive, and lacking in common sense. She also suffered at the hands of a brutal cultural ritual that left her irreparably scarred. When they encounter each other again the main character still holds resentment towards her for her past actions and enacts revenge by violating her. He does this not only as she repeatedly pleads with him to stop but he also does this forcefully, knowing full well that she is physically scarred and that his actions will make her experience worse. He gets very ill after this act and I am not sure if this is the author's way of punishing the him for his actions but it still left me wondering why I should care about him at all after that.
Was I supposed to feel he was justified in this act because of her careless acts in the past? I read on but lost my initial passion for the book.
Maybe someone who read this can offer another take on this because for me it is very hard not to be extremely disturbed by this event and not have it effect the how I viewed the book as a whole.Get more detail about Cutting for Stone.
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