Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

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

182 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

hollsbookshelf's review against another edition

dark funny reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Medical trauma

max63815's review against another edition

dark funny

4.0

The casual joking fatphobia in the book was disturbing especially coming from a doctor. Exactly the kind of attitude which results in worse care & outcomes for fat people when they need medical attention.

Overall I did enjoy the book though, and felt it did a good job communicating issues doctors in his position were facing. Curious to know how much (or little) has changed since its publication in 2017.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Mental illness and Suicide

Minor: Fatphobia

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

ellsbells02's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

Hilarious and heartbreaking, a great insight into what really goes on in the life of a doctor. All my friends have heard me go on about it 😂

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Medical trauma

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

elerieto's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Medical trauma

Moderate: Misogyny

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

katkatniss's review against another edition

emotional funny informative lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Not a spoiler but it’s quite long and ranty.

Oof. Just accidentally finished This is Going to Hurt. It’s absolutely hilarious, the perfect blend of wit, humour, sadness, sensitivity and honesty. And the humour was so consistent throughout too. I’ve never read anything like it. I had to “ration my reading” too, in the words of the review by Jack Edwards—It was such a quick and irresistible read (great for reading slumps if you’re in one)! I couldn’t put it down and breezed through it in about three sittings. For some reason, in the beginning I thought that it might have been bordering on misogynistic at times, I couldn’t have been more wrong, it was respectful (now that I think about it, no one who witnesses childbirth like they do will likely be misogynistic, after seeing what women go through to give birth). Kay really has got such comedic talent. Even though I didn’t get all the medical jargon (I take full responsibility, he did a great job of explaining with humour, blame my memory), I still enjoyed it. And I love how he doesn’t explain and elaborate on the joke sometimes, just lays it out for us to see (like he acknowledges our being able to recognise it, like we are in on the joke), which is very smart and makes it even funnier somehow. Will definitely recommend (and have already).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Abortion, and Death

Minor: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt