Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

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

52 reviews

mickakov's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

megb64's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Child death, Gore, Medical content, Blood, Infertility, Body horror, Grief, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death, Cancer, Cursing, and Blood

avidc's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring tense fast-paced

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, and Medical content

kat_greenwood99's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Suicide, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm

Minor: Grief, Racism, Mental illness, Alcohol, Body shaming, Cancer, Domestic abuse, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

bailey63's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

Kinda gross, but like, necessarily so. Not for recommended for those with weak stomachs. It was funny, too, but I didn’t know how high I was gonna rate it until the very end. It was nearly a 5 star for me.

(Listened to as an audiobook)

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Child death, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Blood, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, and Excrement

toriepeters's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted sad fast-paced

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Abortion, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, and Child death

stabilesero's review against another edition

informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

This isn't my usual read, and if it had been strongly my cup of tea, it probably would have been a 5 star.
Adam Kay provides a funny, reflective and truthful account about the UK's Healthcare system and the applaudable yet undervalued work of those employed by the NHS. 

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Vomit, Suicide, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

rebecca713's review against another edition

3.0

if you want to be dissuaded from a career in medicine, this book is for you

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Medical content, Death, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Terminal illness

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. 

---

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

mxss_winterfell's review against another edition

emotional funny informative lighthearted medium-paced

5.0

An important book that manages to highlight the situation the NHS are in (which has only grown worse since publication) and talk about the real struggles and challenges of being a junior doctor in a funny yet informative way. With witty remarks and pithy comments throughout, Adam Kay's writing makes it easy to read through such a serious book in one sitting.

To anyone who uses, has used, or knows of the NHS service, I would recommend reading this book.

P.S. Grab a little thank you card or gift for your care team after your next hospital stay; goodness knows the government won't thank them

---

Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Racism, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship