Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

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

19 reviews

earftoalex's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

incredible insight into working for the nhs, perfect mix of humour and horrific realism of the job with relatable mentions and intensely immersive descriptions ! great read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Blood, Infertility, Medical content, and Miscarriage

Minor: Self harm, Dementia, Abortion, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

jebarlo09's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

Moderate: Mental illness

katniss_li's review against another edition

emotional funny informative lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Not a spoiler but it’s quite long and ranty.

Spoiler

Oof. Just accidentally finished This is Going to Hurt. It’s absolutely hilarious, the perfect blend of wit, humour, sadness, sensitivity and honesty. And the humour was so consistent throughout too. I’ve never read anything like it. I had to “ration my reading” too, in the words of the review by Jack Edwards—It was such a quick and irresistible read (great for reading slumps if you’re in one)! I couldn’t put it down and breezed through it in about three sittings. For some reason, in the beginning I thought that it might have been bordering on misogynistic at times, I couldn’t have been more wrong, it was respectful (now that I think about it, no one who witnesses childbirth like they do will likely be misogynistic, after seeing what women go through to give birth). Kay really has got such comedic talent. Even though I didn’t get all the medical jargon (I take full responsibility, he did a great job of explaining with humour, blame my memory), I still enjoyed it. And I love how he doesn’t explain and elaborate on the joke sometimes, just lays it out for us to see (like he acknowledges our being able to recognise it, like we are in on the joke), which is very smart and makes it even funnier somehow. Will definitely recommend (and have already).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Abortion, and Death

Minor: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

izzyvioletgrace's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

This book is a detailed insight into the life of a doctor. Informative and funny, yet shows the inhumane pressure doctors are put under. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gore, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death, Abortion, Blood, and Medical content

Moderate: Terminal illness

Minor: Mental illness, Rape, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse

eloiseug's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

This book was simply incredible. The writing is funny, witty and sarcastic. The book gives you a real sense of all of the positives and negatives of being a junior doctor, along with a sense that you are really getting to know Adam as he was when he was practicing. Kay's writing is a triumph, and one of the best things I have ever had the privilege to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Infertility, Medical trauma, Blood, Death, Mental illness, Child death, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, and Cancer

Moderate: Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Addiction, and Alcohol

Minor: Religious bigotry and Abortion

kh32's review against another edition

challenging funny informative sad fast-paced

3.5

Favourite quotes:
“It now seemed extreme and unreasonable in terms of what was expected of me, but at the time, I’d just accepted it as part of the job. The extra mile was the normal distance.”

“The depth of the lows is the price you pay for the height of the highs.”

“She bursts into tears, and out come all the will nevers, the crushing realization that forever is just a word on the front of Valentine’s cards.”

“The other thing I realize is that none of her many, many concerns are about herself; it’s all about the kids, her husband, her sister, her friends. Maybe that’s the definition of a good person.”

“He must realize we have the same chat every time, but it clearly doesn’t matter—he just wants to know there’s someone out there who cares. And actually, that’s a very large part of what being a doctor is.”

“I dress him again, look up to a God I don’t believe in, and say, ‘Look after him.’”

“You don’t cure depression, the same way you don’t cure asthma; you manage it. I’m the inhaler he’s decided to go with and I should be pleased he’s gone this long without an attack.”

“Medicine is the host who manages to keep you at the party hours after you first think about leaving.”

“It’s funny—you don’t think of doctors getting ill.”

“Think about the toll the job takes on every medical professional, at home and at work. Remember that all of them do an absolutely impossible job to the very best of their abilities. Your time in the hospital may well hurt them a lot more than it hurts you.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Infertility, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Miscarriage, Blood, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Abortion

dizzyizzy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Abortion, Cancer, Death of parent, and Vomit

taulkstoomuch's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Pregnancy, and Medical content

Moderate: Medical trauma

Minor: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Suicide

ninah17's review against another edition

challenging informative sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cancer, Dementia, Infertility, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Vomit

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