Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas by Adam Kay

43 reviews

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

akira_outofthegravity's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

3.5

Honestly I forgot how much I enjoyed Adam Kay’s sense of humour. While not as emotional as the first book, it’s to be expected since this is essentially a novella.

Despite being a short read, this is a lovely snippet that contains heartache and laughter. Its short and sweet, for a better more fleshed out time read This Is Going To Hurt. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pregnancy, Medical content, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Infertility, Grief, and Miscarriage

markedwithanm's review

emotional funny hopeful informative sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Infertility, Blood, Pregnancy, Death, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

amylia_k's review

emotional funny informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.0

i didn’t find this book flowed as quickly as ‘this is going to hurt’, but it was equally as heartbreaking, funny and informative. This festive sequel again makes me feel so appreciative of the things and people i have around me, and make me feel incredibly proud of those i know who are on the front line of our country and sacrifice themselves for our wellbeing! Kay’s writing is truly beautiful! 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Medical trauma, Infertility, Grief, and Mental illness

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Vomit

soph183's review

emotional funny inspiring fast-paced

4.5

After reading Kay’s first book and watching the spin off series I was really excited to read this and it didn’t disappoint. He is a great anecdote teller- manages to make you laugh out loud but also tell the tales of some really tough stuff and do it justice. A very wholesome read, and made me even more grateful than normal for all the folks working their arses off in the NHS.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion and Miscarriage

leabhar_love's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Infertility, Vomit, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Medical content, Blood, Excrement, Miscarriage, and Medical trauma

dedasab's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

3.0

It contained some good stories, but I expected to be better. All in all, a good read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Infertility

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

annest_'s review

emotional informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Miscarriage, Medical content, and Medical trauma

07kl3y's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative fast-paced

5.0

shorter than 'this is going to hurt' but loads better. very funny and anecdotal and at my third time of reading, i reccomend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy