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You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here by Benji Waterhouse
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
4.5
This was so funny, and sad, and heartbreaking – everything at once, really!
If you've read "This Is Going to Hurt" by Adam Kay, you'll know by now that the NHS in the UK is far from ideal.
And in this book, they're unfortunately still just as understaffed and underfunded as in Adam's Kay memoir.
I felt that I got to know the author quite well through his stories, and I must say that I admire his honesty about his own feelings of doubt, hopelessness, and melancholy. And his honesty about his family – because his family anecdotes were fantastic. They were just incredibly funny (and relatable😎), and some of them were quite moving<3
There were many interesting observations and reflections on mental illness in this book that I will be thinking about for some time.
A very good book!
If you've read "This Is Going to Hurt" by Adam Kay, you'll know by now that the NHS in the UK is far from ideal.
And in this book, they're unfortunately still just as understaffed and underfunded as in Adam's Kay memoir.
I felt that I got to know the author quite well through his stories, and I must say that I admire his honesty about his own feelings of doubt, hopelessness, and melancholy. And his honesty about his family – because his family anecdotes were fantastic. They were just incredibly funny (and relatable😎), and some of them were quite moving<3
There were many interesting observations and reflections on mental illness in this book that I will be thinking about for some time.
A very good book!