Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

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

49 reviews

eliza_flamingo1's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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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

tomesandtash's review against another edition

emotional funny informative medium-paced

5.0

This book taught me so much about working for the NHS and it was equal parts heartbreaking and hilarious. It made me angry, sad, and laugh all within a matter of pages. But I do think this book is really important, especially since the pandemic. The NHS is so underappreciated and this book comes straight from the horses mouth in telling us the best and the worst parts of day to day life in the NHS. It's such a quick read, you could get it done in a matter of hours, please read this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Blood

Minor: Cancer, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, and Terminal illness

onthelam's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

i just finished reading this and i am shook .I cant believe that we are in the 21st century yet people have to go through such torture constantly. i cant believe there is nothing we can do. i have a sister who's gonna become a doctor because of parental pressure, I have a friend. i cant believe that this is how the most important profession is treated..this is how we treat the people we put our lives in the hand of. The title was true, this is going to hurt and it should hurt for this hurt is nothing faced with what these people go through.I am grateful to this book for bringing me awareness about this topic and helping me make some major decisions of my own life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Infertility, Terminal illness, Excrement, Dementia, Grief, and Abortion

Minor: Addiction, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infertility, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Dementia, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

emmamcbride21's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative fast-paced

4.0

Tackles the most difficult subjects in a light hearted way that doesn’t make you feel all doom and gloom. Highlights real, serious issues without being unbearably heavy. Laughed out loud numerous times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

kjabooks's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Pregnancy

Moderate: Terminal illness and Abortion

amystainton's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

4.75

A great view into the NHS from a man who has experienced it first hand. Don’t recommend if pregnant.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

07kl3y's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

5.0

the perfect balance of funny and gut wrentching. which sounds weird now i type this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

kathrinellis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative fast-paced

5.0

This was such an interesting and emotional read. There‘s the right balance between funny and tragic stories. It also provides an accurate insight into the way people working in a medical institution are treated by patients, the government and colleagues. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Pregnancy

juliethebookcat's review against another edition

challenging dark funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Body shaming, Child death, Death, and Fatphobia

sammantha's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Infertility, Grief, and Abortion