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'This slender, elegantly written memoir...is a fascinating, no holds barred account of life in the operating theatre' --Independent
`Gabriel Weston's story succeeds better than any I have known...more riveting and thought-provoking than any fiction'. --The Lady
"Weston succeeds superbly in communicating the fascinating brutal reality of a surgeon's life"
--Daily Telegraph, February 2010
`This book is mesmerising' -- Scotsman
`Gabriel Weston's story succeeds better than any I have known...more riveting and thought-provoking than any fiction'. --The Lady
"Weston succeeds superbly in communicating the fascinating brutal reality of a surgeon's life"
--Daily Telegraph, February 2010
`This book is mesmerising' -- Scotsman
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Perceptive and beautifully written. An original voice.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Direct Red: A Surgeon's Story (Hardcover)
Another of my impulse buys, well sort of, read a review in the paper and thought 'must read'. Like Atul Gawande's books, if you have the slightest interest in surgery then read this. It is different to his books though as the reader gets inside the mind more of this surgeon. Admittedly the book is 'faction' rather than true non-fiction but perhaps it was a double bluff and everything is really true with the names changed to protect the innocent!
Gabriel Weston certainly displays both ends of the compassion scale, seemingly none (and chastises herself for it) and then eventually immense which leads her to 'have a good word with herself' - which she does................ The style of writing is excellent and very readable. I've been in theatre hundreds of times (with work, no I am not medically trained at all) and her writing took me straight back in there. I particularly liked the politics that she described, again I have witnessed that a lot in my 22 years in the medical devices field. I also liked her professional frailty - fancying patients - showing a human side that some consultants are unable to display, but perhaps the job creates that. Extremely good book my only criticisms are that it was not about orthopaedics and the proof reading got a bit lazy in the last quarter.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Mixed feelings,
By Prospero (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Direct Red: A Surgeon's Story (Paperback)
I don't usually read this type of book i.e. anything medical makes me feel a bit queasy. However, after reading the newspaper reviews I was intrigued and had high hopes. When I receiving it I was immediately disappointed by the fact that it was very thin, the pages were smallish it was obviously a very short book. Consequently I had finished it in a few hours reading. It was quite frustrating because there were many potentially interesting episodes that would have been so much better, interesting and informative if she had written them more fully. I wish someone could have advised her when writing it to put more flesh on the bones as I think it was potentially a much much better book which the writer did have the skill to produce. Another slightly annoying feature is that the proof reading is flawed. Another small gripe is that a glossary of medical terms would not have been much trouble to add but I ended up having to consult Wikipaedia a number of times. So basically an opportunity lost I think, but if she wants to write another I hope her potential will be revealed as there were many glimpses of good stuff here.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Is this a textbook ?,
By bookbug (England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Direct Red: A Surgeon's Story (Hardcover)
I had wanted to read this book after hearing an interview with the author. I have a surgical nursing background and was interested in the insight of the author, and hoping for some humour. I found the book to be 'dry' and disappointing, and far too brief.It read almost like a textbook, and I could imagine the author almost 'polishing her own buttons' in self-congratulation. Borrow the book if you must, but don't spend money on it.
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