Overall, this is a novel that is very hard to put down. Stephanie Wrobel has a way of pulling you into a narrative and not letting you go, she is a very talented author in my opinion. This one really makes you think especially about the human spirit and it’s one I’ll certainly keep reflecting on. The cult plot just wasn’t doing it for me. I can read about real-life cults all day long, but for whatever reasons, I don’t like it in fiction. This is one of those books that I keep getting asked about "Did you read This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor and when I answer NO! I am told I have missed out the most amazing book and "you have to read This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor and now I can confirm I have read it and YES...... It did hurt! Jacobs, Meredith. " 'This Is Going to Hurt': First Look at Ben Whishaw's New Comedy-Drama (VIDEO)". TV Insider . Retrieved 1 July 2022. I finished the book. It was a mostly irreverent look at the early years of being a junior doctor, then an obstetrician, until something catastrophic happens to a patient and the author turned from medicine to writing comedy. It was an excellent read, one good anecdote after another and rather than a review I'd like to summarise two. One concerns herbal medicine and the other the very serious topic of spousal abuse and how the hospital dealt with it in pregnant women.

This Might Hurt has all the ingredients of a great mystery. Fun, creepy and incredibly fast-paced. A ridiculously wry and absorbing thriller' AMY STUARTI loved this. In part funny and heartwarming, yet also utterly heartbreaking and disillusioned. I think this strikes a particular cord with me at the moment as the author was an obs & gynae doctor, and I’ve recently spent time myself as an inpatient on such a ward. Think about the toll the job takes on every healthcare professional, at home and at work. Remember they do an absolutely impossible job, to the very best of their abilities. Your time in hospital may well hurt them a lot more than it hurts you." NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2022 BY Newsweek ∙ E! ∙ Parade ∙ Katie Couric Media ∙ Betches ∙Criminal Element ∙Shondaland ∙Bustle ∙and more! The next perspective is that of Kit’s, told from six months earlier leading up to present day, as she first arrives at Wisewood, meeting the retreat’s charismatic leader Rebecca, also referred to as Teacher. Kit is insecure and unhappy with her life and has come to Wisewood looking for a way to make her mundane existence more fulfilling. Almost immediately she gravitates to Teacher and becomes one of her most dedicated disciples in route to achieving what is called her ‘Maximized Self.’ As Teacher’s favorite, Kit is forced to endure what I would simply call a variety of mind games (called Q1 & Q2), but is she really as damaged, vulnerable and naïve as she appears?

The last part of the novel will be true to its title as the walls come down around the secrets and identities of those we have been reading about, which makes for an incredible ending. THIS MIGHT HURT deserves to be one of the most talked-about books of 2022."

In a past timeline, there are two sisters who grew up with a deeply depressive mother and a sadistic, abusive father, Sir, who mentally manipulated and controlled them through daily tasks ranging from innocuous to cruel, supposedly designed to position them for success later in life. These girls couldn’t wait to get away from their father, and for 25% of the book while I debated whether to DNF, I couldn’t wait to get away from him too. Parents being cruel to children … grrr. I don’t want to read it, no matter how it serves the plot.

Expertly paced, hugely unsettling, and perfectly dark, you’ll be gripped in this clever exploration of fear and vulnerability right until the flawless ending—one you’ll most certainly want to talk about. a b Kanter, Jake (14 June 2020). "Ben Whishaw & AMC Board BBC Adaptation Of Adam Kay's Medical Memoir 'This Is Going To Hurt' ". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 29 May 2021. I devoured this book in a single sitting. It is rare to find a book that can make you laugh and cry in equal measure-- especially, I think, a nonfiction book --but this one managed it just fine.

Media Reviews

Juliet Pearce, director of nursing midwifery at the Isle of Wight NHS Trust, praised the show. She described it as "hilarious and heart-breaking" and a "reminder of the human emotions behind every tired, scared and fallible healthcare professional". [37] Jess Phillips, Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley, praised the series for highlighting the pressures of working in the NHS. [37]