Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

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

70 reviews

cicelybelle's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

As someone who works in a veterinary hospital, I found this book in some ways very relatable as in the craziest cases are often true! It is a very enjoyable listen if you like biology and are appropriately thick skinned when it comes to guts, gore, and hospitals. It’s very funny, yet movingly and conveys well the strain the NHS is under. Recommend the TV series too, if you enjoy the book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Infertility, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

cath_m's review against another edition

dark funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Miscarriage, Blood, Grief, Car accident, and Abortion

beccaruthe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Infertility, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Excrement, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism

amylia_k's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.75

a realistic insight into the lives of our front-line staff of the NHS. A wonderful way to tell Adam Kay’s story and so informative whilst being lighthearted and funny too. I couldn’t put the book down and felt so connected to his tale. It made me realise the things I take for granted.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Blood, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Eating disorder, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, and Injury/Injury detail

wolf013's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Self harm and Suicide attempt

Minor: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Excrement, Antisemitism, Dementia, Abortion, and Alcohol

evaaah's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

So funny and devastating simultaneously. He has such brilliant analogies and anecdotes throughout balanced with informative and shocking stories of the NHS and the reality of being a doctor. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Self harm, Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma

izzy_rose_hardy's review against another edition

funny informative inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Medical trauma

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Miscarriage

Minor: Cancer, Eating disorder, Infertility, and Abortion

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

fionag's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Absolutely brilliant and insightful. Inherently hilarious and unflinchingly honest, I loved this look into the NHS. Kay manages to tell his stories with genuine compassion and hilarity, often going from dry wit to heartbreaking loss in a matter of pages. He does not shy away from any issues and understands that the profession is impossible and flawed but that the NHS MUST be protected. The rise in suicides of doctors alongside many leaving the profession or suffering mental and physical consequences as a result is explored and highlights just how stupid it is when politicians decide once again to attack those who keep our nation alive. This is Going to Hurt feels even more prevalent as we begin to reflect on the pandemic, which highlighted to many that the NHS was on its knees, and that clapping for them does bugger all in comparison to actionable change like pay rises and reform. I would absolutely recommend the audio book edition of this as hearing Kay recall his own stories is amazing and you can tell the passion and love that’s gone into it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma