Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

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

32 reviews

questingnotcoasting's review

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

I had high hopes for this because I really liked This Is Going To Hurt but I didn't enjoy this one as much. It's quite a wide-ranging memoir which jumps around in his life and I didn't find it very cohesive, possibly because I listened to the audiobook. I also don't know if my sense of humour has changed or if this book had a different tone but I just didn't find it as funny as This Is Going To Hurt. The tone does shift from light to dark a lot and it includes some very heavy topics. I was expecting some of them but I wish I'd checked the content warnings beforehand to be a bit more prepared.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Miscarriage and Animal death

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

at_home_with_books's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Eating disorder

Moderate: Mental illness

bookbird's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Adam Kay is an incredible storyteller. If you or anyone you know has ever worked in healthcare, you must read his books. This is his most personal, and it's all the more impactful for it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Eating disorder, Medical content, Infertility, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Stalking, and Vomit

sammysteven's review against another edition

emotional funny informative sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Infertility, Mental illness, Death, Pregnancy, Rape, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Fatphobia, Medical content, Blood, and Sexual harassment

cicelybelle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Infertility, Eating disorder, Rape, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Child death, Terminal illness, and Medical trauma

Minor: Blood and Homophobia

kfquarium's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Rape, Cursing, Eating disorder, Medical content, Death, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Body shaming, Blood, Child death, Dementia, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent, Ableism, Misogyny, Murder, Alcohol, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Excrement, and Homophobia

laurataylor's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Alcohol, Blood, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Death, Dementia, Eating disorder, Sexual content, and Stalking

sprucy2427's review against another edition

challenging funny informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Medical content, Death, Miscarriage, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Death, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Chronic illness

hanbuckley19's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

4.0

This man is honestly so funny, the footnotes have me howling. Did make me cry at the end though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Rape

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, and Death