Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay

39 reviews

ezzab126's review against another edition

emotional funny informative sad fast-paced

4.75

Incredibly funny but also poignant look into the life of a doctor. Making me respect even more the work of doctors, nurses etc and the NHS in general. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

alomie's review against another edition

dark emotional funny fast-paced

2.0

I'm just inherently not interested in this topic, I read this for bookclub and I've avoided it prior to this as it's just not a particularly interesting subject to me. 

It was amusing in parts but in others i just found myself skipping over, it didn't really add much to my overall understanding of NHS life, but i also have a few friends who work within the underfunded institution so I am fairly aware of the pitfalls and horrific working conditions. 

I also felt the tone was a bit off in parts, and he came off a bit smug in others. 

Just not for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

sabbcm's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

eliza_flamingo1's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

elementarymydear's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Suicide

tomesandtash's review against another edition

emotional funny informative medium-paced

5.0

This book taught me so much about working for the NHS and it was equal parts heartbreaking and hilarious. It made me angry, sad, and laugh all within a matter of pages. But I do think this book is really important, especially since the pandemic. The NHS is so underappreciated and this book comes straight from the horses mouth in telling us the best and the worst parts of day to day life in the NHS. It's such a quick read, you could get it done in a matter of hours, please read this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Blood

Minor: Cancer, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, and Terminal illness

onthelam's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

i just finished reading this and i am shook .I cant believe that we are in the 21st century yet people have to go through such torture constantly. i cant believe there is nothing we can do. i have a sister who's gonna become a doctor because of parental pressure, I have a friend. i cant believe that this is how the most important profession is treated..this is how we treat the people we put our lives in the hand of. The title was true, this is going to hurt and it should hurt for this hurt is nothing faced with what these people go through.I am grateful to this book for bringing me awareness about this topic and helping me make some major decisions of my own life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Infertility, Terminal illness, Excrement, Dementia, Grief, and Abortion

Minor: Addiction, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infertility, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Dementia, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

tulemme's review against another edition

emotional funny informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer and Infertility

Minor: Miscarriage and Suicide

emmamcbride21's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative fast-paced

4.0

Tackles the most difficult subjects in a light hearted way that doesn’t make you feel all doom and gloom. Highlights real, serious issues without being unbearably heavy. Laughed out loud numerous times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

amystainton's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

4.75

A great view into the NHS from a man who has experienced it first hand. Don’t recommend if pregnant.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism