Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay

143 reviews

kat_greenwood99's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Suicide, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm

Minor: Grief, Racism, Mental illness, Alcohol, Body shaming, Cancer, Domestic abuse, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

willoughby's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Chronic illness, Child death, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

bailey63's review

emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

Kinda gross, but like, necessarily so. Not for recommended for those with weak stomachs. It was funny, too, but I didn’t know how high I was gonna rate it until the very end. It was nearly a 5 star for me.

(Listened to as an audiobook)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Child death, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Blood, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, and Excrement

toriepeters's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Abortion, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, and Child death

welkinvault's review

challenging dark emotional funny sad fast-paced

4.5

Darkly funny and extremely poignant.  There were times I found myself shaking with laughter at the wryly observed anocdotes, but then sobered by the next tale of triumph or despair. 

The British medical system sounds like it is tettering on the edge of disaster, and I am concerned how it is in my country, with teh cutbacks and staff shortages from the stress of the covid era. 

The British humour can be snarky, and at times Adam seems to be a bit of a snob, but also it shows how his empathy is drained as the years go by.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Miscarriage, Vomit, and Medical content

stabilesero's review

informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

This isn't my usual read, and if it had been strongly my cup of tea, it probably would have been a 5 star.
Adam Kay provides a funny, reflective and truthful account about the UK's Healthcare system and the applaudable yet undervalued work of those employed by the NHS. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Vomit, Suicide, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

izzyvioletgrace's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

This book is a detailed insight into the life of a doctor. Informative and funny, yet shows the inhumane pressure doctors are put under. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gore, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death, Abortion, Blood, and Medical content

Moderate: Terminal illness

Minor: Mental illness, Rape, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse

bookgraham's review against another edition

challenging funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Miscarriage, Child death, Medical trauma, Abortion, Infertility, and Medical content

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Gore, Classism, Antisemitism, Excrement, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Racism, Alcohol, Drug use, and Death

eloiseug's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

This book was simply incredible. The writing is funny, witty and sarcastic. The book gives you a real sense of all of the positives and negatives of being a junior doctor, along with a sense that you are really getting to know Adam as he was when he was practicing. Kay's writing is a triumph, and one of the best things I have ever had the privilege to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Infertility, Medical trauma, Blood, Death, Mental illness, Child death, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, and Cancer

Moderate: Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Addiction, and Alcohol

Minor: Religious bigotry and Abortion

rebeccaldixon13's review

emotional funny informative medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, Grief, Child death, Pregnancy, Blood, Death, and Abortion