I just finished Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures and I'm not sure how I feel about it. It is totally different than I expected it to be. I thought that it was a med student going though 4 years of school. It's more like pulses of some people's lives and how they interconnect. I think of it in terms of a heart pumping: a couple of days in the life of a character... pulse pulse... years pass... pulse pulse... a few weeks in the life of another character, pulse pulse... and so on.
It's interesting how the author kept on the connections loose while still tying the characters together with the same ribbon. Disjoint and connected. Strange.
It felt like what I imagine it's like to be a doctor: intensely involved with a small group of people's lives for a brief period of time, and then a long stretch before you interact with them again. Years pass. Then again that brief furry of activity without knowing what has happened to the people to get them into your life again. All you know is that they are different. It's definably an interesting way to tell a story.
Other pro's: fast read, light language, fluid writing style.
Go read it. ;-)
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