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Liv, död och hjärnkirurgi: en neurokirurgs memoarer by Henry Marsh
8 reviews
bibliophileg's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Blood and Medical content
Moderate: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Terminal illness, Grief, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Alcoholism and Vomit
rea1997's review against another edition
4.0
I like how honest the author was. He doesn't try to paint himself in a perfect light. He's very honest about his struggles, his temper. The author is british, so some medical acronyms don't transfer over nicely to the american acronyms, but other than that, very small hurdle. I found this book very easy to read without having to google a bunch of things. I read the reviews before getting the book and most people had an issue with the author being a jerk. And I wonder if those people wanted honest but not too honest? If you've never thought or said something that makes you look bad you would 100% be the first. He didn't seem like a jerk to me. Just upfront about his feelings.
Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma
franknovels's review against another edition
3.0
Minor: Death, Blood, and Suicide attempt
wordsaremybigobsession's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Vomit, Car accident, Abandonment, Alcohol, and War
jolyne's review against another edition
5.0
Of course, it gets intense. It’s uncomfortable to read about how a medical professional regards his patients and to be faced with a lack of compassion that we typically expect doctors to have, but that’s also a story that has to be told. As people who are not surgeons, many of us just choose to place our confidence in the doctors that we’re told to have faith in. It’s interesting to then be placed on the other side of the looking glass and forced to confront the unspoken truths that we try to avoid thinking about, and Marsh makes for a funny and sardonic guide. Elaborating on how there’s almost a certain necessary level of sociopathy that brain surgeons need in order to be able to stomach operating on such uncertain cases, he also takes time to regard his colleagues who aren’t in neurosurgery with what feels like a sense of envy, love, and respect, saying that they were much too nice to ever succeed in his field.
As somebody who reads a lot of non-fiction, I also always appreciate when the writing style opts for being accesible instead of being ridiculously indulgent (we get it guys, you’re smart and have a lot to say blah blah). This is a book that I would be comfortable recommending to most people, in part because of how conversational Marsh’s writing is but mostly for the gripping content.
Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
nere's review against another edition
2.0
"I often have to cut into the brain and it is something I hate doing."
Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
fluffy1st's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Death, Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Child death, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Death of parent
kfquarium's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Death of parent
Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Excrement, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Suicide attempt