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clairecalderwood's review against another edition
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
emmieince's review
challenging
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
sad
fast-paced
4.75
Graphic: Eating disorder and Sexual assault
merrynthomas's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
3.5
Graphic: Rape and Eating disorder
amyherman's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
forever_day's review against another edition
3.75
This book was much more firmly memoir than his previous. He does not shy away from the bad parts. The eating disorder and the assault in particular were pretty grim reading. He also doesn’t try to paint himself in very flattering light. Like any other memoir, there isn’t a perfectly planned plot neatly tied up at the end, but it does follow some structure of his life post medicine with flashbacks, with it then left on a somewhat more hopeful note.
I had primarily chosen to read it as someone not 100% happy in medicine, and there weren’t any firm answers (can there be?) but it was food for thought.
I had primarily chosen to read it as someone not 100% happy in medicine, and there weren’t any firm answers (can there be?) but it was food for thought.
Graphic: Eating disorder
Moderate: Sexual assault