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I really liked this book. Following a medical memoir that I didn't quite like, this memoir-slash-diary by Adam Kay, chronicling his years-long stint as a Junior Doctor was such a breath of fresh air and something that is much better.
In This Is Going To Hurt, Kay was funny, honest, and grounded. In fact, he created this book as an answer “when the government started waging war on doctors—forcing them to work harder than ever for less money than ever” in 2016, making this very political, as most things are. And in diary entries spanning six years as a Junior Doctor, we saw the actual things our medical practitioners faced on a daily—from petty and trivial matters like a non-working computer or funny email addresses to much more serious events that mostly involved death.
Adam Kay said it was going to hurt and indeed, it did. But it was also entertaining, honest and poignant, and ultimately unforgettable.
In This Is Going To Hurt, Kay was funny, honest, and grounded. In fact, he created this book as an answer “when the government started waging war on doctors—forcing them to work harder than ever for less money than ever” in 2016, making this very political, as most things are. And in diary entries spanning six years as a Junior Doctor, we saw the actual things our medical practitioners faced on a daily—from petty and trivial matters like a non-working computer or funny email addresses to much more serious events that mostly involved death.
Adam Kay said it was going to hurt and indeed, it did. But it was also entertaining, honest and poignant, and ultimately unforgettable.