Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

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

25 reviews

scr1bblecat's review against another edition

dark funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Cancer, Dementia, Death of parent, and Blood

swiftiesophie's review against another edition

emotional funny informative fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Blood, Death of parent, Child death, Miscarriage, Medical content, Infertility, and Pregnancy

sllumbar's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative sad fast-paced

5.0

Very real and so easy to read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Death of parent and Child death

hellandhogwarts's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Excrement, Cancer, Child death, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Addiction, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Eating disorder

tupsukorva's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative fast-paced

4.25

If you're someone who gets offended easily, don't risk it by reading this book. It doesn't poke fun at patients themselves too much (though sometimes it would be totally deserved), but it can trigger some. As a person who works in veterinary medicine, I found some obvious similarities to our line of work. In solidarity it brings me so much relief, and obviously it was hilarious!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Pregnancy, Gore, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Body horror, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Child death, Abortion, and Medical trauma

francescaastraea's review against another edition

dark funny sad fast-paced

5.0

Well, she said to herself as she put the book down, at least we learnt from this and the NHS is overfunded now, with absolutely no issues with funding, staff retention or resource allocation.

(yes, everyone who said you should read it was right. no, it's not as visual as the TV show. yes, it is on you to take action if you don't want a privatised care system by the time you need it if you haven't needed it yet.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Pregnancy, Vomit, Infertility, and Blood

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Death of parent and Racism

earftoalex's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

incredible insight into working for the nhs, perfect mix of humour and horrific realism of the job with relatable mentions and intensely immersive descriptions ! great read

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Self harm, Dementia, Abortion, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

jebarlo09's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

Moderate: Mental illness

katkatniss's review

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

izzyvioletgrace's review

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