Reviews tagging 'Death'

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

168 reviews

cath_m's review against another edition

dark funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

beccaruthe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

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

Minor: Alcoholism

rheagoveas's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

nathalialvs's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

As a medical student, this was both hilarious (I laughed out loud multiple times) and completely heartbreaking (I am crying as I write this). The author took his time to make medical terms and slang comprehensible, so I think everyone can (and should!) give this a try, but it hit very hard for me because I know a lot of what's narrated here will become a part of my life very soon. I had a great reading experience, Kay's writing is sharp and effortless, light when it's necessary and heavy when it's inevitable, but more than that, this was a story that needed to be told. I finished the book completely overwhelmed with emotion and I cannot recommend this enough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, and Medical trauma

xosirenox's review against another edition

funny informative fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

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, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, and Pregnancy

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

theothersideofreading's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Abortion, Excrement, Miscarriage, and Vomit

missmakaela's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Sexual content, and Suicide

maddiet425's review against another edition

emotional funny informative sad fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, and Suicide

wolf013's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Self harm and Suicide attempt

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