Usually, I try to avoid medical books like this. Being a nurse myself, books that talk about the things that go on in hospitals doesn't really offer the escapism I want from a book. For the last few years, everyone I know seems to have read Kay's last book This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries from a Junior Doctor, and have been going on and on at me to read it. This Christmas, I chose to start with this book as it was apparently rather festive and really captured the crap that goes down around this time of year.
As I read it, I did find myself getting into the anecdotal style and enjoying his stories. Some of them were just mad, but people are weird so I can completely believe they all happened. The fun and the sad, the ups and the downs of these shifts are briefly represented and I think for people who do not work in hospitals, who haven't worked a Christmas day in A&E or an intensive care ward, this would offer insight into the workings of what healthcare professionals do.
Twas the Nightshift before Christmas was good and fun, but it just wasn't as excellent as I'd been led to believe. Perhaps what I wanted and expected from this book, a less anecdotal style and more in-depth awareness of the situation, would be offered in his first book. I think I'll give that a read sometime.
Rating:★★★☆☆
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