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Pros
It's not a boring book and the story is flowing along nicely. It’s a thoroughly engaging read, just different from his previous offerings. Another fantastic book.
Adam kay talks about his realisation of his homosexuality, while married. Hearing kay himself relate the off-the-cuff comment on his size that spiraled into years of dangerous habits and life-threatening choices. Another great book by adam kay.
My dad was a consultant, sister is ditto the brother so this is painfully spot on but eye wateringly funny. As a junior doctor, kay’s words feel like a soothing balm to the multiple wounds the nhs has unknowingly invoked upon me. His words are inspiri... Read More
Cons
Having inhaled and adored adam’s previous books i was sadly underwhelmed by undoctored. There was humour but it was often badly placed and quite tedious on places. My main gripe with this latest book is simple - it isn't funny.
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I found it to be well written readable interesting brutally honest brave and thought provoking with the mixture of humour and b... Read More
As with the first book there are some very funny anecdotes in this book but there are also some serious messages
Adam kay’s struggles with the demands of cold unsupportive parents and wilfully uninterested senior colleagues was hard to rea... Read More
I did enjoy the conversations at the end of the book with the vicar where i feel he does come across a lot better than during h... Read More
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Hopefully it will encourage people with unresolved traumas to seek help
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For anyone who read ‚this is going to hurt‘ and wondered how much of it was autobiographical this is the book for you
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If there is one aspect i wasn’t sure about it would be his quasireligious praise of the nhs as an institution and how great a healthcare service it is
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All one has to do is look across the channel to most of continental europe to see that a hybrid system of state funding and insurance achieves much more for patients
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You deserve your success adam
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Because for me the book sometimes goes all over the place and you are not sure if he is writing fiction or something from an agony aunt column
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The other issue i have with the book is that i am reflecting back on his other books and i am wondering if i would have interpreted them in the same way had i read this book first with some of the issues he reveals in this book
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The only issue i did not like is that i feel that he lectures a bit in places and perhaps it is not the nicest depiction of politicians
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