This is the first book that made me tear up as I was reading through in multiple instances. I could be easily moved emotionally using some visual media but for the first time I felt I was emotionally moved as I read through the printed passages. This reflects how eloquent Paul Kalanithi is and perhaps being a quadragenerian father I could relate easily and realistically to some of the real moments Paul has gone through that he has wrote about in this book. He gives no room for you to wonder, how come a Neurosurgeon can be so eloquent in his writing style, choice of words, rich anecdotes from some of the best known literary works, as he gives you a clear view of his childhood, adolescence and his college/university days where he learnt literature. Aside from all the medical jargon, I kept looking at the dictionary for so many words and the list was long : Compendium, Apostasy, Lowbrow, Macaques , Idylls ,Speck like,Talus,Cusp,Wailing ,Coiffed,Sinew,Formaldehyde ,Farcical, Mannequins,
I open my mouth to let the world know the depth of my ignorance