I'm amazed at the high rating of this book on Amazon. I must not have been reading the same book.. Far from the interesting read I had hoped, the book is dry and hops around from subject to subject - first starting about what lead up to the surgery being discussed, then often to the history surrounding the subject, then sometimes discussing the surgeons themselves, then back to the surgery, I had hoped for some interesting dinner-party type tidbits, but it's just incredibly dry and uninteresting, at least for me. I would give this one a pass.

This book was a very good in-depth look at various surgeries and how the surgical tehcnique has progressed. I could not put this book down. The information packed into this gem of a book, is very interesting. Also, the tidbits about how various surgeries were done in the past and some of the things are done during surgery, ie: the cold water on a heart to stop it, was amazing. I highly recommend this book and look forward to more from this author. Thanks to NetGalley, the author and the publisher for the ARC of this book.