Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

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

48 reviews

cicelybelle's review

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

As someone who works in a veterinary hospital, I found this book in some ways very relatable as in the craziest cases are often true! It is a very enjoyable listen if you like biology and are appropriately thick skinned when it comes to guts, gore, and hospitals. It’s very funny, yet movingly and conveys well the strain the NHS is under. Recommend the TV series too, if you enjoy the book!

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Infertility, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

beccaruthe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Infertility, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Excrement, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism

xosirenox's review against another edition

funny informative fast-paced

3.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

wolf013's review

emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Self harm and Suicide attempt

Minor: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Excrement, Antisemitism, Dementia, Abortion, and Alcohol

theunfinishedbookshelf's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative sad fast-paced

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicide, and Abortion

Minor: Body shaming and Terminal illness

ninah17's review against another edition

challenging informative sad fast-paced

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

alomie's review against another edition

dark emotional funny fast-paced

2.0

I'm just inherently not interested in this topic, I read this for bookclub and I've avoided it prior to this as it's just not a particularly interesting subject to me. 

It was amusing in parts but in others i just found myself skipping over, it didn't really add much to my overall understanding of NHS life, but i also have a few friends who work within the underfunded institution so I am fairly aware of the pitfalls and horrific working conditions. 

I also felt the tone was a bit off in parts, and he came off a bit smug in others. 

Just not for me. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

foreverbookwandering's review

informative medium-paced

4.5

I listened to this on audiobook and it’s narrated by Adam Kay. It is an incredibly eye opening book and a deep dive into the pressures everyone working in the NHS face on a daily basis and the lack of support they receive in return. A must read. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

sabbcm's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative fast-paced

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

eliza_flamingo1's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative sad tense medium-paced

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol