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

19 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

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

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

t_higgsreviews's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

5 Stars
CAWPILE = 9.07

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Dementia, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Excrement, Homophobia, Fatphobia, Stalking, and Dementia

lifeonasofa's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.25

Undoctored 👨🏽‍⚕️ Review 

⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 3.25 stars

Adam Kay‘s ‘This is Going to Hurt’ is one of my all time favourite books, I always recommend it. I also really enjoyed ‘The Nightshift Before Christmas’. Safe to say, I was SO EXCITED about this new release. 🤩

Undoctored opens with the same humourous but infuriating accounts of working in the NHS. Our nurses and doctors deserve better! This book was more about Kay after leaving medical and building his comedic profession, it felt quite personal. 🩺

Whilst I can’t say anything negative about Kay writing about his life experiences (it’s brave) - this book wasn’t a stand out for me this time. I appreciate his openness, I couldn’t help but feel for him. I’m sure a lot of people will enjoy reading about his journey but this was just very different to his previous books. 🩻

The humour felt forced at the start and almost disappears as the rest of the book gets quite heavy. Looking back, I enjoyed this book more than I did whilst actually reading it - if that makes sense? I found the audiobook a little difficult to get into, I’d recommend reading his memoirs physically. 🎧 

There are several TWs so please check. For me, I didn’t expect the r*pe and the e*ting d*sorder sections so I had to mention those - it was hard to read. 📖 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Rape, Stalking, Dementia, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Vomit, Cancer, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Death, Excrement, and Medical content

louise010's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Stalking

nics_books's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Stalking, Vomit, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Eating disorder, and Dementia