Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

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

147 reviews

lotteee11's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

I think the tone was meant to be lighthearted, but it came across as arrogant, especially on the first 30 or so pages. I also would have preferred the book to be about any specialisation but obstretics and gynaecology, because I simply cannot stand men talking disrespectfully about women in labour (not the writer so much as some of his senior colleagues). There was also some pretty horrible advice in there like taking the pill back to back to get rid of your period, instead of using a menstrual cup which also allows you to have sex without any blood involved whilst actually maintaining a healthy period. Yet, the book did give good insight into the failings of medical and nursing degrees, the inefficiency of NHS systems, and the absurd working hours of junior doctors. It was also well-written and kept me hooked right from the start. Funny, though, is not a word I would use to describe this memoir.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Blood, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

jemima_reads15's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative fast-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug use, Infertility, Miscarriage, Blood, Excrement, Antisemitism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fatphobia

mimir's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

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

hjb_128's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Domestic abuse

puifaii's review against another edition

emotional funny informative sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Self harm, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Drug use, Racism, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Physical abuse, Self harm, Excrement, Religious bigotry, and Abortion

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

lazza's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use 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