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melodys_library's review against another edition
4.0
I loved “This is Going to Hurt,” so I picked up “Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas without a second thought. Kay introduces the book by stating, “In my first book, ‘This is Going to Hurt,’ the most common reasons for entries being omitted included ‘too disgusting’ or ‘too Christmassy.’ Here I make amends for both.” So, the reader is not surprised that these excerpts are entries that didn’t quite make the cut for ‘This is Going to Hurt.’ Adam Kay’s writing is in the vein of David Sedaris - self-deprecating and satirical. Though some anecdotes were laugh out loud funny, others were empathetic, and all were entertaining. It’s a quick read - I read it in an evening - and just right for the Christmas season.
I would recommend reading ‘This is Going to Hurt’ first to get to know Kay and his style and background. This book may feel a bit “cobbled together” otherwise.
I would recommend reading ‘This is Going to Hurt’ first to get to know Kay and his style and background. This book may feel a bit “cobbled together” otherwise.
katykelly's review against another edition
5.0
Extra tales from Kay with a festive flavour, as laugh-out-loud as ever.
Kay mentions in this that some of the stories were intended to be included in 'This is Going to Hurt', and they would have made a perfect 'Christmas' chapter in his first 'behind the NHS curtain' book.
This makes a good little stocking filler though, a second glimpse at the perennially exhausting, sometimes hilarious and often heartbreaking life of a doctor.
Kay takes us through twenty five stories from his time in the NHS. I ran a ParkRun while listening to this and ended up snorting with laughter as I ran, it was impossible not to. Then a few minutes later I had a lump in my throat. Not often that such extremes happen so smoothly.
The funny stories are right up there with some of the most outrageous and hilarious I've ever heard. Comic gold. And Kay tells them beautifully, a real literary talent.
He also makes a very entertaining narrator, reading his own work on the audiobook. It was only 2 hours long, a short read either on paper or to listen to, but it's one I would definitely listen to annually near Christmas, a quick giggle for the season.
These stories deserve sharing (and no identities are uncovered, for those embarrassing tales!), there are some here that might affect those in similar situations (regarding IVF, miscarriage, death), and of course Kay reminds us more than once of the hard-working souls who prop up our health service, and how much they give up at this time of year to keep us healthy.
Just as entertaining as his first, a slim edition but a great gift idea.
With thanks to Nudge Books for providing a sample Audible copy.
Kay mentions in this that some of the stories were intended to be included in 'This is Going to Hurt', and they would have made a perfect 'Christmas' chapter in his first 'behind the NHS curtain' book.
This makes a good little stocking filler though, a second glimpse at the perennially exhausting, sometimes hilarious and often heartbreaking life of a doctor.
Kay takes us through twenty five stories from his time in the NHS. I ran a ParkRun while listening to this and ended up snorting with laughter as I ran, it was impossible not to. Then a few minutes later I had a lump in my throat. Not often that such extremes happen so smoothly.
The funny stories are right up there with some of the most outrageous and hilarious I've ever heard. Comic gold. And Kay tells them beautifully, a real literary talent.
He also makes a very entertaining narrator, reading his own work on the audiobook. It was only 2 hours long, a short read either on paper or to listen to, but it's one I would definitely listen to annually near Christmas, a quick giggle for the season.
These stories deserve sharing (and no identities are uncovered, for those embarrassing tales!), there are some here that might affect those in similar situations (regarding IVF, miscarriage, death), and of course Kay reminds us more than once of the hard-working souls who prop up our health service, and how much they give up at this time of year to keep us healthy.
Just as entertaining as his first, a slim edition but a great gift idea.
With thanks to Nudge Books for providing a sample Audible copy.
sarahthereadingaddict's review against another edition
5.0
Absolutely hilarious retelling of situations that Adam Kay has been through in his job.
Some of the situations made me laugh so much I cried.
He is such a brilliant story teller and quite, matter of fact. Absolutely brilliant, laugh a minute insider retelling of some of the reasons people use our NHS A&E department. He also talks about the struggles which is, said in a funny way but it does show the state of our health service.
Some of the situations made me laugh so much I cried.
He is such a brilliant story teller and quite, matter of fact. Absolutely brilliant, laugh a minute insider retelling of some of the reasons people use our NHS A&E department. He also talks about the struggles which is, said in a funny way but it does show the state of our health service.
fdoubledashx's review against another edition
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content
bookswithbeckie's review against another edition
5.0
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ / 5
Beyond hilarious!!
A small-but-perfectly formed follow-up to This is Going to Hurt, this Christmas-themed delight continues to capture the dark humour and dedicated work of NHS professionals everywhere.
Beckie x
Beyond hilarious!!
A small-but-perfectly formed follow-up to This is Going to Hurt, this Christmas-themed delight continues to capture the dark humour and dedicated work of NHS professionals everywhere.
Beckie x