grace_9613's review against another edition

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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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challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5


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rubynicholls's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0


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sprucy2427's review against another edition

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challenging funny informative sad medium-paced

4.0


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dark informative lighthearted fast-paced

4.0


Maybe I should have looked up the trigger warnings before reading but the rape in this book really took me by surprise in quite a jarring way. The eating disorder content is also quite hard to read.
That said, this is a very honest autobiography which is written in a charming and funny way and genuinely made me laugh out loud a couple of times.
I loved the way it interspersed between the story of leaving medicine and his new life since and then the flashbacks into his earlier life. 
I was confused to discover that H was a women after they were played by a man in the TV show and as a result sad and surprised to read about their loss.
Looking back, H from the TV show reads as a blend of H and J.
Although it was clear that Kay loves J, he did come across quite negatively in the book, as did Kay's parents but I think this was partially intentional and part of the charm of the books honesty. It feels in many ways like having a DMC with a friend.
Overall, I really enjoyed the book and would read more of Kay's work. Although at times it is so sad that I'm not sure if I wouldn't rather hide from the realities.

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lawsam's review against another edition

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dark funny reflective medium-paced

5.0


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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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amy1608's review

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challenging dark emotional funny reflective fast-paced

4.5


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dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0


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emotional medium-paced

3.75

Very interesting memoir about Adam Kay's life after medicine, at times harrowing and emotional  (definitely look at the warnings.)

The humour didn't always work for me - the wolf/panini joke very quickly got annoying - but I enjoyed the book overall. 

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