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Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor

The hilarious and thought-provoking account of life on the NHS frontline - a must-read for fans of Adam Kay

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Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor

By: Max Pemberton
Narrated by: Alexi Armitage
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 The bestselling real life story of a hapless junior doctor, based on his columns written anonymously for the Telegraph.

'Funny and awful in equal measure' - Observer

IF YOU'RE GOING to be ill, it's best to avoid the first Wednesday in August. This is the day when junior doctors graduate to their first placements and begin to face having to put into practice what they have spent the last six years learning.

Starting on the evening before he begins work as a doctor, this book charts Max Pemberton's touching and funny journey through his first year in the NHS. Progressing from youthful idealism to frank bewilderment, Max realises how little his job is about 'saving people' and how much of his time is taken up by signing forms and trying to figure out all the important things no one has explained yet -- for example, the crucial question of how to tell whether someone is dead or not.

Along the way, Max and his fellow fledgling doctors grapple with the complicated questions of life, love, mental health and how on earth to make time to do your laundry.

All Creatures Great and Small meets Bridget Jones's Diary, this is a humorous and accessible peek into a world which you'd normally need a medical degree to witness.

If you enjoy Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor, don't miss the follow-up titles Where Does It Hurt? and The Doctor Will See You Now.
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I have not laughed so much - the best book I've read in many decades.

My GP has become my hero

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It’s like a less entertaining but equally eye opening version of Adam Kay’s ‘hospital diary’ style books.

The narration is awful: main character expressed well and the dry sarcasm is appreciated. But literally all female (and some male) characters, have exactly the same tone/mood/pitch/accent regardless of who they are or how they are actually feeling. If that kind of thing annoys you like it does me, avoid.

The sanctimonious (and arguably hypocritical given he prescribes drugs) ‘illegal drugs’ rant was not needed - not unless you want to explain to the reader that it’s the fact drugs are illegal that creates the black market and all its associated dangers. Ignorant at best, and just plain annoying. Was right into the audiobook (despite the narrator) and, stupidly I know, got taken right out of the story after his anti-drug rant it annoyed me so much. Couldn’t help but pause it just then to write this.

Will continue in a few days.

TLDR: Informative and sometimes moving, kinda funny if you like dry humour, but Adam Kay does it better. Poor narration.

Great story, silly narrator

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