Told in the first person, it was hilarious and intriguing to experience the medical field from a man’s perspective given my last 2 or 3 books have been told by women. His numerous references to cartoon characters was particularly entertaining. You know those jokes you have to process a little before you get them? Yes. Much like Eleanor Oliphant Is Fine, there’s no shortage of sarcasm, puns, innuendos, self-deprecation or intellectual jokes. There’s a lot to be said for British humour in this book. This is a small book, 256 pages but by God, it seemed like it took me forever to finish it. The result is a first-hand account of life as a junior doctor in all its joy, pain, sacrifice and maddening bureaucracy, and a love letter to those who might at any moment be holding our lives in their hands.” – Goodreads excerpts Book Cover: This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay He kept a diary throughout his training, and This Is Going to Hurt intersperses tales from the front line of the NHS with reflections on the current crisis. “ Adam Kay was a junior doctor from 2004 until 2010, before a devastating experience on a ward caused him to reconsider his future.
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