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

19 reviews

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

izzy_rose_hardy's review against another edition

funny informative inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma and Medical content

Moderate: Child death, Miscarriage, and Death

Minor: Cancer, Abortion, Eating disorder, and Infertility

eliza_flamingo1's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Child death, Pregnancy, Cancer, Grief, Miscarriage, Cursing, Death, Blood, Infertility, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Self harm, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

onthelam's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

i just finished reading this and i am shook .I cant believe that we are in the 21st century yet people have to go through such torture constantly. i cant believe there is nothing we can do. i have a sister who's gonna become a doctor because of parental pressure, I have a friend. i cant believe that this is how the most important profession is treated..this is how we treat the people we put our lives in the hand of. The title was true, this is going to hurt and it should hurt for this hurt is nothing faced with what these people go through.I am grateful to this book for bringing me awareness about this topic and helping me make some major decisions of my own life.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Excrement, Abortion, Cancer, Chronic illness, Dementia, Grief, Infertility, and Terminal illness

Minor: Alcohol, Body shaming, Dementia, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Suicide, Drug abuse, Drug use, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Cursing, Infertility, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

emmamcbride21's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative fast-paced

4.0

Tackles the most difficult subjects in a light hearted way that doesn’t make you feel all doom and gloom. Highlights real, serious issues without being unbearably heavy. Laughed out loud numerous times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Miscarriage, Infertility, Dementia, Abortion, Child death, Cancer, Blood, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Drug use, and Domestic abuse

maduvanthivenkatesan's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Excrement, Fatphobia, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Medical trauma

This was so affecting and especially poignant reading it as someone who dropped out of medical school. I loved learning about the ins and outs of obs and gynae medicine, about different conditions and their treatments. It was deeply frustrating and angering to read about the deep systemic issues chipping away at the health system and the affect it had on doctors. I work for a union now and it made my blood boil to witness such appalling working conditions and health and safety arising from austerity. The author narrates the book in such a laid-back and funny way, which makes the sad bits even more impactful. Would definitely recommend it!

asmale's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Infertility

Moderate: Abortion, Blood, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, and Grief

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Vomit, Suicide, Excrement, Eating disorder, Drug use, and Dementia

effys's review against another edition

emotional informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

Amazing book that has you laughing out loud one second and on the verge of tears the next

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Cancer, Child death, Death, Dementia, Grief, Infertility, Medical content, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Eating disorder and Racism

sorcha's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Excrement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Vomit