Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients by Adam Kay

132 reviews

amy2113's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Medical content

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Miscarriage

lozinja's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Rape, Medical content, and Medical trauma

laralixoxo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Rape, and Sexual assault

larizzla's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Rape

dlsmk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

This was probably the hardest hitting one yet. Holy guacamole. Please pay attention to trigger warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

questingnotcoasting's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

I had high hopes for this because I really liked This Is Going To Hurt but I didn't enjoy this one as much. It's quite a wide-ranging memoir which jumps around in his life and I didn't find it very cohesive, possibly because I listened to the audiobook. I also don't know if my sense of humour has changed or if this book had a different tone but I just didn't find it as funny as This Is Going To Hurt. The tone does shift from light to dark a lot and it includes some very heavy topics. I was expecting some of them but I wish I'd checked the content warnings beforehand to be a bit more prepared.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Stalking

Moderate: Animal death and Miscarriage

at_home_with_books's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Sexual assault

Moderate: Mental illness

waveycowpar's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

An autobiography with a difference. Humorous, honest, though-provoking, hard-hitting and sometimes inspiring. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Infidelity, Rape, and Sexual assault

missarmweak's review against another edition

dark emotional funny fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Rape, Medical content, and Medical trauma

bookbird's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Adam Kay is an incredible storyteller. If you or anyone you know has ever worked in healthcare, you must read his books. This is his most personal, and it's all the more impactful for it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail