Reviews tagging 'Grief'

This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay

63 reviews

scarletkeiller's review

emotional funny informative sad fast-paced

4.75

As close to five stars as it could get without hitting the mark. This was an exceptional read! Kay’s ability to write about such stressful, life-altering experiences with lightheartedness and wit is unbelievable. Following his journey through medicine and the increasing pressures of the responsibility of his job, I found myself very endeared to him.

He is fundamentally very honest about his thoughts and actions, even when they don’t paint him in the best light, so by the end, when you are reading a recollection of probably the greatest trauma of his life, it is devastating to say the least. The section ‘Aftermath’ had me in fits of tears, and for hours after finishing the book I was still reflecting on what I had read, and how it made me feel, and how special this was as an experience. The only reason I haven’t rated it five stars is that, despite how much I loved the way this was structured and paced, I felt that the ‘bonus entries’ at the end of the book softened the emotional impact of the climax, and took away the harshness of the blow it had dealt. Which sounds like an odd thing to complain about, but up until the final diary entry, despite being able to see the cracks forming in his mental health and his ability to cope with the stress of the job, you can see he still loves being in obs and gynae and he finds value and humour in the job regardless of the monumental toll it takes on his personal life and health. So when he is suddenly thrown into a situation so stressful and so traumatic that it eventually leads to his leaving medicine altogether, this is a huge shock and, naturally, I wanted to sit with the feelings it brought up for a while and really reflect on what I had read. It was clearly a huge deal for him to share this experience, and it was a shame that the extra bits at the end took away from its impact.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

leaflover's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexism, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

haleybre's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

talyasj's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child death, Death, Drug use, Suicide, Dementia, and Abortion

Minor: Racism and Dementia

leontyna's review against another edition

3.0

It was interesting but at times I got annoyed by the author's opinions or jokes, especially the fatphobic ones.

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Content Warnings

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

hornsa13's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma

thepostman96's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Infertility and Suicide

camoo3032's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

swiftiesophie's review against another edition

emotional funny informative fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

callmeplushies's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

I wish there were more explanations on some terms. Hard to sit through at times, but enjoyed the ride nonetheless!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcoholism and Suicide