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This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay

20 reviews

bookbird's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

Jan 2023: This must be my third or fourth reread of this incredibly special book. Kay is a master storyteller, and it's his finely balanced combination of light and dark that make this book so impactful. A must-read for anyone who has ever had even the briefest experience of the NHS.

Jan 2024: I don't think I'll ever be able to properly express how highly I recommend this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

wolf013's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Self harm and Suicide attempt

Minor: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Excrement, Antisemitism, Dementia, Abortion, and Alcohol

ninah17's review

challenging informative sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

leasometimesreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional lighthearted sad fast-paced

5.0

funny, and sad at the same time. the perfect read for both someone that wants to read the whole book at once, or just small chapters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

apologygirl's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

4.5

very good. very funny. very sad. they should have made this into a play instead of a tv show 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide attempt and Alcohol

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

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

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

rayne_1906's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

3 hours 6 minutes - This book was not what I was expecting, as it was so much better, so much more engaging, and so much more insightful than anything I had expected. The writing style is funny but provides so much insight into how the NHS runs and the way doctors experience daily life. It was so heart-breaking in places, yet hilarious in others. I don't usually enjoy reading non-fiction, as I often find it boring and hard-to-read, but none of these problems applied to this book at all. I loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Drug use, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Excrement, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Alcohol

asmale's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Blood, Grief, and Abortion

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Eating disorder, Suicide, Excrement, Vomit, Dementia, and Alcohol