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

Now an AMC+ series starring Ben Whishaw

The acclaimed multimillion-copy bestseller, This Is Going to Hurt is Adam Kay's equally "blisteringly funny" (Boston Globe) and "heartbreaking" (New Yorker) secret diaries of his years as a young doctor.

Welcome to 97-hour weeks. Welcome to life and death decisions. Welcome to a constant tsunami of bodily fluids. Welcome to earning less than the hospital parking meter. Wave goodbye to your friends and relationships. Welcome to the life of a first-year doctor.

Scribbled in secret after endless days, sleepless nights, and missed weekends, comedian and former medical resident Adam Kay's This Is Going to Hurt provides a no-holds-barred account of his time on the front lines of medicine.

Hilarious, horrifying, and heartbreaking by turns, this is everything you wanted to know--and more than a few things you didn't--about life on and off the hospital ward.

And yes, it may leave a scar.

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Bookbug1111

Apr 05, 2025

10/10 stars

How he conveyed his message and decode the nhs system.

wardbunch

Mar 26, 2025

10/10 stars

Eye opening look at the life of a Med Student.

Helen Blackwood

Feb 25, 2025

10/10 stars

Everyone should read it. It's hilarious but at the same time devastating. Health workers should not be taken advantage of by the system like this.

likethepants

Jan 31, 2025

8/10 stars

Great book, hilariously funny while thought provoking. I love the diary-entry format as it makes for a quick read, easy to pick up and put down!

_Ella_

Aug 02, 2024

10/10 stars

Very easy and entertaining to read while also making you think