Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

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

27 reviews

lorzosaur's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Rape, Blood, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Stalking, Vomit, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, and Infidelity

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Child death

jess_streets's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Homophobia, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Grief, Excrement, Eating disorder, Bullying, Rape, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Self harm, Medical trauma, and Body shaming

lhodgson26's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective fast-paced

4.0

I loved ' This is going to Hurt' the book and more recently the BBC1 drama series and this felt like a prequel and a sequel to that. As there were stories from Medical school and his time as a doctor and how he adapted to leaving and the success of the first book. It had some funny anecdotes and had Adams humour throughout it but this felt in some ways a lot more personal. The story of his Eating Disorder, the miscarriage of his child, his grandparents dementia and his rape it was heartbreaking to read at some points. However, it is also so important as him opening up will hopefully help so many others and give those the courage to hopefully speak up. I liked how it told stories throughout the different time frames and how some were funny stories yet others were tragic which I really wasn't expecting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Miscarriage, Dementia, Child death, and Homophobia

ajnagle's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Medical trauma, Eating disorder, Grief, Homophobia, Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Infidelity, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Medical content, Death, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, and Rape

logopolis's review against another edition

funny informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Eating disorder

Minor: Homophobia

godsave_mcqueen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Eating disorder, Homophobia, and Medical content

chloe_silk1810's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Chronic illness, Death, Dementia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Child death, Cursing, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Rape, and Sexual content

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

shonagh_catherine's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

- Please read the trigger warnings before reading -

This book is vulnerable, witty, startling, and necessary. Adam Kay and his acerbic style of writing take you through an vulnerable journey of the doctor who ran out of patients. Kay details the PTSD he battled with following his years as a doctor; he's stuggle to adjust to life post medicine including the difficulty in establishing himself as a comedic writer; and Kay explains the pressures and challenges posed to his relationships with loved ones both during and after leaving medicine from the toll medicine takes to his family and there Outlook on why he left medicine. 

This book was jarring, it was hilarious, and it was so deeply personal. It takes a brave individual to bare themselves to the world as Kay has done and he has achieved it with wit, humour, and kindness to himself showing a level of introspection many lack.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Racial slurs and Homophobia

grace_9613's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

3.5

my favourite chapters in this book were the flashback chapters to his time in medicine. Although I prefer This is Going to Hurt, I still enjoyed it. (Definitely check trigger warnings - lots of dark humour used) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, and Rape

Moderate: Homophobia, Animal death, and Miscarriage