Reviews tagging 'Rape'

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

131 reviews

raebennison's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Another great book from Adam Kay! He signed my book which was very kind of him too.
This book actually made me laugh out loud, which probably annoyed my colleagues in the staff room, but whatever. 
Also had some unexpected sad points, which were surprising but were written very well. My heart goes out to you Adam, and to all the NHS workers who have lost their lives whilst caring for the public.
I will enquire about getting a memorial tree installed in our hospital trust. 
A great read 10/10

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

evamazing's review against another edition

challenging funny reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

emmagreenwood's review against another edition

funny informative lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Grief, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Classism, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Child death, Death, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

stephintoadventure's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Medical content

Moderate: Eating disorder and Grief

clbryan's review against another edition

funny sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Stalking, Rape, Sexual assault, and Medical content

jessica_grayson's review

dark lighthearted

4.25

Made me genuinely laugh out loud a few times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

eloiseug's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

The second installment of Adam Kay's life is absolutely as good as the first. Kay is witty, funny, and knows exactly how to tug on your heartstrings and throw in emotional curveballs.

Undoctored is a continuation of Kay's debut novel This is Going to Hurt, following his life after leaving medicine, interspersed with flashbacks to his time in his old career. Kay gives the reader true insights into his own mind and life which really give the feeling that you know this version of him. He's at times achingly relatable and at others completely unlikeable, but throughout the whole book feels entirely and completely human, fuck ups and all.

This book was an absolutely incredible read, and I'll be on Kay's next book, whatever it is, like a wolf on a panini.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Rape, and Eating disorder

this_little_bookshelf's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

4.0

Adam Kay’s books are always ones that I turn to when I’m in need of a good laugh, and cannot recommend listening to them in audiobook enough.

In this book he opens up about the process of leaving behind a career that had been firmly fixed as an inevitable part of his identity for much of his life. He covers some incredibly difficult and devastating times in his life (definitely check content warnings), but as with his other books these are interspersed with his laugh-out-loud anecdotes, making this both hilarious and heartbreaking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Miscarriage, and Rape

jadereadsbooks95's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Miscarriage and Sexual assault

confessions_of_a_bookaholic's review against another edition

3.0

The second book by Adam Kay, this one delves in to his life after leaving medicine. Focusing on his life starting out as a writer, with a few flashbacks thrown in, this book sees Adam open up about some difficult times in his life, and the impact that medical school and working in the NHS has had on his life. 

The first thing that anyone picking this book up needs to know is that it has a very different tone to This is Going to Hurt. It's more somber, delving in to some difficult times in Adam's life, and discusses some hard topics - see trigger warnings for these if you are concerned. 

There is some humour interspersed throughout the book, but the one is significantly less funny than the previous book, mainly because of a lot of the topics that are covered. Adam really lays his soul bare through this, and I can imagine it must have been difficult to write. He doesn't always portray himself in the best light, which is refreshing to read and helps remind you as a reader that he is human just like the rest of us. 

I admire the courage that it would take to write a book such as this, and the courage it takes to try and shed light on some of the failings of the system in training and supporting new doctors. Unfortunately as a reading experience I didn't enjoy this one as much as I expected to. I felt that many of the stories told are ones of day to day life, experienced by millions of people world wide. 

Trigger warnings include: eating disorders, rape, mental health.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Eating disorder