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

38 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

alexemantle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Excrement, Miscarriage, Suicide attempt, Blood, Child death, Medical content, Infertility, Medical trauma, Self harm, and Terminal illness

kat_greenwood99's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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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

welkinvault's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad fast-paced

4.5

Darkly funny and extremely poignant.  There were times I found myself shaking with laughter at the wryly observed anocdotes, but then sobered by the next tale of triumph or despair. 

The British medical system sounds like it is tettering on the edge of disaster, and I am concerned how it is in my country, with teh cutbacks and staff shortages from the stress of the covid era. 

The British humour can be snarky, and at times Adam seems to be a bit of a snob, but also it shows how his empathy is drained as the years go by.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Miscarriage, Vomit, and Medical content

emilo's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Blood

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Terminal illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Antisemitism, Fatphobia, and Racism

anastasiak's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Abortion, and Death

kieransilika's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

It was crazy to see how the writers pain was masked under the words of a light heart. He talked about things that would be scary, challenging, emotional and overwhelming like it was normal. Kay managed to give a great insight into a life in the NHS - balancing a non-medic point of view with an informative counter part. It makes me angry and annoyed.

Spoiler

the writer works on a labour ward where he is stressed and overworked, and on the other side of that: black women are 4 times more likely to die during labour than white woman. This really highlights the awful dynamic between stressed workers and inadequate healthcare - a clear change needs to be made for employee and patient benefit.

overall the book was informative and intriguing and definitely a great read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Self harm, Infertility, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Addiction, Dementia, Abortion, Racism, Miscarriage, and Animal death

bookbird's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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.

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Content Warnings

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

beccaruthe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Blood, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Body shaming, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Excrement, Mental illness, Self harm, Grief, Cancer, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Infertility, and Terminal illness

Minor: Alcoholism

xosirenox's review against another edition

funny informative fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Medical content, Medical trauma, Child death, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Blood, Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Terminal illness