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g_smit's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Death, Gore, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail
blankcrayon's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Death, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Abortion and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
goodyeargoodbooks's review
5.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Terminal illness, and Blood
leontyna's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Abortion
Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Fatphobia, Infertility, Racism, Self harm, Terminal illness, and Grief
camoo3032's review
4.0
Graphic: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Child death, Gore, Grief, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Vomit, Antisemitism, Abortion, and Fire/Fire injury
toyin_'s review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Racism, Terminal illness, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Suicide attempt
hellandhogwarts's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
interloperandy's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Infertility, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
ramreadsagain's review against another edition
This was excellent, I've never laughed so hard and so frequently at a book, and then had the last few pages nearly make me cry. Our NHS is something we need to grab on to with both hands and never let go, yet the UK government is making many willingly chuck it down the drain. The problems in the NHS (caused by government cuts etc) can be fixed by investing in the NHS and its doctors (and nurses, and other staff), not by getting rid of it. As someone who hopefully has 30-40 years before I start seriously needing healthcare, I am afraid for what that will look like in our country by then. Do I start saving now?
Some sections in particular were really informative, such as the part about how NHS access to fertility help works (i.e. arbitrarily and cruelly), and in general the ridiculous ways that junior doctors are treated in terms of where and how they work. My partner's sister will be a junior doctor next year and I'll be very interested (and probably saddened) to hear what has changed.
Loved this book, though could tell it had all gone through heavy editing. Would have liked a more realistic look at what his daily thoughts would have looked like jotted down back then.
Some heavy fatphobia in some places to the usual doctor tune of "why would they not just lose weight? fat people are idiots amirite" which was disappointing. It always amazes me how little doctors know about how that works.
Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Terminal illness and Abortion
Minor: Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Vomit, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt
alexemantle's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Self harm, Terminal illness, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt