This Might Hurt

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I got off on the wrong foot with This Might Hurt by not realizing that there were three narrators for this story. There are various timelines throughout the book and the narration of sisters, Natalie and Kit. Then there is another narrator, unnamed until later in the book, whose timeline I didn't understand until towards the end of the story. I'm not sure if understanding things sooner would have helped me enjoy the story more but I know my confusion kept me from caring as much about Natalie and Kit. I’m so glad that I ended up giving this book a chance! I read so many thrillers that I rarely find one that stands out but This Might Hurt is truly unique to the genre. Not only does it contain one, but it contains all of the following: The storyline is told from two separate timelines, which I found easy to keep straight. As the story develops, you can feel serious tension building to what you know will be a great ending! And yes, it fits perfectly.

This Might Hurt” has a unique, magical aspect to it, too, that is reminiscent of “Now You See Me”, with one of the protagonists setting out on a childhood dream of becoming a magician, against her parents’ wishes. This is one of those novels where information is revealed slowly, and seems to be out of place and random, but it is all brought together beautifully at the end. Osley, Richard (19 February 2021). "This is going to hurt: a glimpse of normal life as Ben Whishaw films drama in Marchmont Street". Camden New Journal . Retrieved 29 May 2021.The healthcare professionals chose their profession to heal, to care and to save others. Yes, there are flawed ones too. Name one profession which doesn't have the flawed ones in it. You can give me various reasons why doctors are this and that except for what they're supposed to do and what they're supposed to be. Again, name one 'respectable' profession which doesn't have a few of the worst of their kind. World Cup wins 2022 in record breaking year for BBC iPlayer". BBC Media Centre. 31 January 2023 . Retrieved 31 January 2023.

Jacobs, Meredith. " 'This Is Going to Hurt': First Look at Ben Whishaw's New Comedy-Drama (VIDEO)". TV Insider . Retrieved 1 July 2022.a b c d e f g h i j Morris, Lauren (16 February 2022). "Meet the cast of BBC One's This Is Going to Hurt". Radio Times . Retrieved 5 March 2022. During the peak of the pandemic, I too thought about leaving medicine, I too ruminated on people who didn't make it. As one of my colleagues on youtube said - I just wanted to work somewhere where people weren't suffering all the time. Kay shows good, great and terrible sides of the job, and reading him was like talking to someone who had a similar experience and is blunt and honest about it, and consequently, I felt less alone in my own. As Kay said, being a doctor is both the best and the worst job in the work, but I don't blame him for at all for quitting and finding a different venture. a b c Kettle, Emilia (28 February 2022). "BBC: This Is Going To Hurt full cast list". Denbighshire Free Press . Retrieved 5 March 2022. a b c d e f g h i j k Palmer, Katie (9 February 2022). "This Is Going to Hurt episode 1 cast: Who is in the cast?". Daily Express . Retrieved 5 March 2022. It exposes a lot that is wrong with the NHS, but never loses sight of how truly important it is. It wasn't until I came to live in California that I really understood how fortunate we were. I had lived in a bubble where healthcare was taken for granted as a human right and no one was ever told they couldn't be made better because they were too poor. The realization that some countries allowed people to die preventable deaths shook me to my core. It still does.

Nordyke, Kimberly (15 January 2023). "Critics Choice Awards: Full List of Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023 . Retrieved 16 January 2023. This is a memoir of Adam Kay’s life on NHS front line. This book has the potential to make you smile due to Kay’s hilarious writing and also make you cry due to some of the unfortunate events mentioned. I could really relate to all of this, though overall I believe the NHS program was a tougher place to survive than my program at the Mayo Clinic. Adam Kay has my deepest respect. A great doctor must have a huge heart and a distended aorta through which pumps a vast lake of compassion and human kindness.”

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This is Going to Hurt’ is the tell all diary of Adam Kay, a Junior Doctor who shares all of the gory, hilarious and heartbreaking details of his job. 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." The CEO leans forward, mouth slightly ajar as if a cigar is usually perched there. He oversees a household-name beer that's been losing market share to craft breweries for years. As sales have slipped, my new agency has found itself on thinner and thinner ice with this client. 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]

It’s hard not to fall under the spell of Wisewood, or Wrobel’s mesmerizing, edge-of-your-seat storytelling. A deep dive into psychological abuse and manipulation and their long-lasting emotional and mental tolls; will certainly leave a mark.” This memoir is for the most part constructed as a series of anecdotes. At first, I wasn’t sure if that would work for me, but it took virtually no time to ditch that concern. During Adam’s training, he would make notes of all the notable events that happened each day, which made it easy for him to put his memoir together several years later. The book does have its serious moments. The young physicians in training sacrificed so much. They frequently worked over 100 hours/week with no extra pay added to their measly salaries. Time worked over what was expected contractually was considered free labor, and that was the norm rather than the exception. That was bad enough, but under no circumstances were these young doctors granted special time off. One woman had to work the morning of her wedding day. Your mother dies and you want to go to her funeral? Tough, if you are on the work schedule. Many personal relationships are broken during these training years. You have essentially no other life. This story has multiple POVs, timelines, and parts. The identity of one character does not get revealed until a good way through the book, which I found a little confusing. Over the course of this story, we follow both Natalie and Kit's perspectives, but we also get a historical perspective from an unknown third character. Would your peers have done anything differently in that situation?’ All my peers would have done exactly the same things and had exactly the same outcome. But this wasn’t good enough for me. I knew that if I’d been better – super-diligent, super-observant, super-something – I might have gone into that room an hour earlier. I might have noticed some subtle changes on the CTG. I might have saved the baby’s life, saved the mother from permanent compromise. That ‘might have’ was inescapable.

Stephanie Wrobel

There are several mysteries here. What did Natalie do to her sister? Why is Kit so messed up she needs this retreat? Whose history are we reading? And what exactly is going on at this retreat? One by one, it becomes obvious what the answers are. this is an overall entertaining read and one that has a massive societal importance. it often goes unrecognised just how difficult it is for a doctor during their residency. ‘so i told them the truth: the hours are terrible, the pay is terrible, the conditions are terrible; youre underappreciated, unsupported, disrespected and frequently physically endangered. but theres no better job in the world.’as someone who worked in a hospital for years, i saw just how hard doctors (and all medical staff) work. but its such a rewarding field of work and i wish this book showed more of that - the positives. The last time they spoke, Kit was slogging from mundane workdays to obligatory happy hours to crying in the shower about their dead mother. She told Natalie she was sure there was something more out there. Kit has embraced this way of life and has come into her own at Wisewood, just like so many others before her.