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Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas by Adam Kay

5 reviews

jkupps's review

dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion and Blood

Minor: Alcoholism, Infertility, Chronic illness, Drug use, Pregnancy, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Cancer, Addiction, Death, and Dementia

bookedbymadeline's review

adventurous emotional funny informative reflective relaxing fast-paced

4.5

Mix of funny jokes/stories and sad stories. Interesting snippets of the authors experiences as a doctor in the UK!

I appreciated the warnings about particularly upsetting medical procedures so that you can skip if you’d like. This was a quick and enjoyable read given that it’s a slim book!

I have Kay’s first book, This is going to Hurt, so I’m excited to get a more In depth look at his work experiences and learn more about healthcare in the UK.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Blood, Abortion, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Infertility, Death, and Miscarriage

Minor: Addiction

hr1245's review

funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Abortion, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Medical content

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Child death and Addiction

sweekune's review

emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

Audiobook narrated by the author.

Being an NHS midwife, I'm intimately familiar with the delights of working over the Christmas period. As with This Is Going to Hurt, Adam Kay made me laugh and cry and empathise entirely with his festive anecdotes.

- Full of a mix of heartwarming, hilarious, concerning and occasionally extremely sad stories. The balance feels right and the way these are told is excellent. Kay also narrates this brilliantly and made me laugh so much my husband became slightly concerned for my wellbeing.

- A warning: if you are squeamish or not okay with hearing about some of the less funny elements of healthcare, in particular pregnancy loss related, then this book is not going to be your cup of tea. 

Perfect for those who enjoy humourous and real life anecdotes from the NHS with a festive focus. Made me appreciate the work my colleagues and I do each and every day, including over Christmas.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Grief, Infertility, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Vomit

marieketron's review

informative medium-paced

3.0

This short collection offers less insight into the workings (and failings) of the NHS than the previous memoir, but still an interesting snapshot of the functioning of a ward during an especially busy and weird time of the year. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Child death, and Addiction