Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas by Adam Kay

9 reviews

laurataylor's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Abortion, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Blood, Infertility, Medical content, Alcohol, Grief, Pregnancy, and Cursing

aimeenotpond's review

dark emotional funny fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, Abortion, Medical content, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death

Moderate: Sexual content and Miscarriage

Minor: Vomit and Terminal illness

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

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

caprisunsandfruitshoots's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Vomit

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcoholism and Body shaming

booksandharps's review against another edition

emotional funny sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Miscarriage

olivianw's review

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

4.5

If you like Christmas cheer and entertaining medical stories, this basically perfect for you. 

Mostly very funny, but the bits that aren’t funny are tender instead. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Blood, Gore, Grief, and Miscarriage