Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

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

20 reviews

bookbird's review against another edition

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

leonormsousa's review against another edition

challenging funny informative fast-paced

5.0

QUOTE

"So I told them the truth: the hours are terrible, the pay is terrible, the conditions are terrible; you’re underappreciated, unsupported, disrespected and frequently physically endangered. But there’s no better job in the world."

WHAT I ENJOYED

• the bigger message: no health care provider does what they do for money, they do it to help other people and for passion
• incredibly funny and witty
• very honest and raw, maybe a consequence of the descriptive and factual tone: the author does not try to paint himself or anyone else in a good or bad light
• great insights into the life of a medical care taker (doctor): 
  • the lack of working conditions
  • their struggles with balancing work with personal life
  • the pressure and the emotional weight they’re under
  • the feeling of unreadiness and how they grow as doctors with time
  • working in public vs private healthcare
• the side notes explaining the more medical/technical terms really help guide us common people
• the author narration in the audiobook is exceptional

WHAT I DIDN'T ENJOY

• if you’re not from the UK or are not familiarized with its health and education systems, there might be a couple of things that you don’t grasp as well. it's not something that affects your reading experience much and tbh a google search can probably solve it... 

RECOMMENDED TO

• everyone!
• i feel like it’s an essential read to better understand and appreciate the work of health care providers
• i imagine it might be especially interesting for other healthcare providers since they will probably relate to some of the experiences
• the only exception to my recommendation is if you have triggers connected to medical content & pregnancies (recommend checking the full list of TWs)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

xosirenox's review against another edition

funny informative fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

6emptynotebooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Infertility, Miscarriage, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, and Racism

Minor: Islamophobia

ninah17's review against another edition

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

bennyholm's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, and Chronic illness

ezzab126's review against another edition

emotional funny informative sad fast-paced

4.75

Incredibly funny but also poignant look into the life of a doctor. Making me respect even more the work of doctors, nurses etc and the NHS in general. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

afiya2004's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Blood, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Drug use, Racism, and Self harm

honorablemmmention's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative relaxing fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Fatphobia

rayne_1906's review against another edition

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