This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor

Laugh out loud funny, original, brutally honest, shocking, and sad. Staggering what the NHS puts junior doctors through in a tragically broken system. The system needs to change before it's too late. We all need to write to the Health Secretary and our MP. We all need to pay more tax to properly fund the NHS.

This is one of the most boring books I have ever ready in my entire life. Couldn't get past page 30, as I found the author's "sense of humor" a tad silly. The stories depicted in the book seem too exaggerated to be true, the author himself claims his boxers had once been soaked in blood, since his patient's genitals were spurting blood all over the area, yet the patient perfectly survived (I can't quite understand how can a patient suffer such a dramatic loss of blood, yet be "perfectly fine" after an hour's time). The story lacks coherence & seems more like a diary, its short notes of which were written down on a daily basis over the course of several years, much like a teenager would do. Needless to say the author's sense of humor is on the very silly end of the spectrum. Save yourself the bucks & the time.

A brief history of time, trauma and heart-rending honesty from the doctors chair, just bursting with grab your belly hilarious moments, toe-curling gross anecdotes, and most importantly, a frank account of the white-knuckle ride that being a junior doc for the NHS really involves. If it helps us to really recognise the stress they are under, that can only be a good thing. Don't forget to say thank you the next time you find yourself at the sharp end. It really does matter. Thanks Adam Kay for this wonderful book.