Reviews: Where Does it Hurt? (1)
“where does it hurt?”
(Paperback)
I read the first book Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor around four years ago and enjoyed it a lot. I didn't even know a sequel had been published until I saw this and, I have to say, I enjoyed it a whole lot more. What I preferred about Where Does It Hurt was the fact that it was less about the funny part of hospital life than its predecessor. Yes, it has its funny moments but it was also steeped in a seriousness that Trust Me... sometimes lacked.
In this, our intrepid and newly qualified doc decides to work for one year in a community outreach project that deals with homelessness, mental health issues and drug addicts and the other unsavoury things that go with these. That isn't as funny as trying to insert a catheter into a clitoris (read the first book, you'll understand) but it's no less interesting. What the book really showed was how drug addiction and homelessness are not black and white issues (does anybody think they are?) but that there are various reasons behind both. I don't think I'll walk past a homeless person in the same way again, without wondering about their situation, which can only be a good thing.
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Where Does it Hurt?: What the Junior Doctor did next
Non-Fiction, Biography & True Stories
Max Pemberton (author)
Paperback Published on: 18/02/2010
Price: £12.99
