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A review by theelliad
This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay
4.75
This book broke my heart into a thousand pieces while I sat laughing the entire time. It’s so interesting reading books like this as someone whose the daughter of a nurse and almost wanted to be a doctor. Adam Kay presents the horrors of being an overworked and underappreciated NHS doctor and all the mental health, relationship and physical fallout which comes from it. I especially enjoyed the included letter to the Secretary of state for health and the intermittent essays.
Despite giving this (almost) 5* I am far from blind to its shortcomings, Kay at times comes across as demeaning, disrespectful and discriminatory, especially to those below him (nurses, midwives etc.) and those with different beliefs from himself. The humour is DARK serious medical concerns and death are often the butt of the joke- If you read this book seriously you will find it rude, it’s satire and it’s perfect for me
Despite giving this (almost) 5* I am far from blind to its shortcomings, Kay at times comes across as demeaning, disrespectful and discriminatory, especially to those below him (nurses, midwives etc.) and those with different beliefs from himself. The humour is DARK serious medical concerns and death are often the butt of the joke- If you read this book seriously you will find it rude, it’s satire and it’s perfect for me