Reviews tagging 'Grief'

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

61 reviews

inkbee's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Child death

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

lilymaych's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Child death, and Grief

Minor: Abortion

jayaniee2005's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Grief, Child death, Blood, Abortion, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Medical content, Infertility, Death, and Chronic illness

amystainton's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

4.75

A great view into the NHS from a man who has experienced it first hand. Don’t recommend if pregnant.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Alcohol, Blood, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Classism, Dementia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Infertility, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Suicide, and Terminal illness

sammantha's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Child death, Blood, Medical content, Terminal illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Grief, Infertility, and Abortion

emmakvc's review against another edition

emotional funny sad

4.5

Made me laugh & made me cry

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Grief, and Excrement

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