This Might Hurt

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This suddenly led to the first shift in perspectives. This unknown perspective is told from years earlier and is that of a young woman who is raised in a very unconventional household in which her father forces her and her older sister to endure several tests of bravery to gage her level of fear. She is either granted or deducted points based off her performance, leading to an unhealthy and frankly hard to read at times coming of age side story. Ramachandran, Naman (28 March 2023). "Kate Winslet, Kit Connor, 'The Traitors' Among Winners at U.K.'s Royal Television Society Awards". Variety . Retrieved 30 March 2023. 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.a b c d Rosseinsky, Katie (8 February 2022). "This Is Going To Hurt review: Hilarious, chaotic and heartbreaking". Evening Standard . Retrieved 5 March 2022. This is so funny. This 20 year old student goes to the doctor to request an abortion following condom failure. Turns out that she and her boyfriend didn't have much money so they turned the just-used condom inside out for round two! At the same time, we see scenes from their past as the girls are growing up with their parents --- a kind mother but an extremely difficult father who is referred to in these passages as “sir.” The girls’ names are not directly given, a fine subterfuge by Wrobel to play into the secrets that will be revealed in the last third of the book.

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.Thank you to Simon & Schuster Canada for providing an arc via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Morris, Lauren (7 February 2022). "This Is Going to Hurt review: Hilarious yet heart-breaking tribute to NHS". Radio Times . Retrieved 20 February 2022. I really didnt like the book, it felt contrived and cynical and to be honest full of moaning. I listened to this one on audio and the book was narrated by the author. He spoke quite fast and I I didn’t enjoy the experience. 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.

After experiencing Munchausen’s by proxy via Darling Rose Gold I knew I was going to be the first in line for whatever Stephanie Wrobel came up with next. I didn’t bother reading a blurb or anything before requesting an early copy. And then I got one! The gods smile upon me!!!!!! Now all I have to say is . . . . Cooke, Rachel (8 February 2022). "BBC One's This Is Going To Hurt is cold, mean and – crucially – not funny". New Statesman . Retrieved 21 February 2022. This Might Hurt is about a cult focused on overcoming fear, its mysterious leader, and the woman in her thrall. or 2.5 stars. I did not enjoy this. Much of it was unnecessarily confusing. A good mystery is one in which the reader thinks, “I didn’t see that coming, but this makes sense,” not that the author purposely was coy about who was telling the story and during what time. There is jumping from sister to sister, Natalie and Kit, a storyline that makes sense even if it leaps around in time, and another story that’s hard to read because it involves an appallingly psychologically abusive father. It hurts to see someone suffering this much at the cost of doing something great for the rest of the world. Yes, it's our choice to choose this profession but everyone else trying to find fault in what you do just because you make a small mistake or for the inevitable things that would happen, is just insulting and humiliating.A great doctor must have a huge heart and a distended aorta through which pumps a vast lake of compassion and human kindness.” 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. It wasn't a bad book, but just not as good as I was hoping it would be. I will still read more by this author because she definitely crafts unique tales.