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'This book will have you crying bucket loads one moment and laughing out loud the next.' (News of the World )
'Pemberton treats a grim subject with warmth and self-deprecating good humour . . . equally enlightening sequel. ****' (Daily Mail )
Praise for TRUST ME I'M A JUNIOR DOCTOR (- )
'Reads like Scrubs: The Blog... This diary-style account of Pemberton's first year on the wards is funny and awful in equal measure' (Observer )
'Very funny and frank' (Independent )
'Painfully funny' (Boris Johnson )
'Reading his absurdly funny, beautifully observed, day to day, horror stories from the wards, made me laugh and shudder' (Maureen Lipman )
'Pemberton treats a grim subject with warmth and self-deprecating good humour . . . equally enlightening sequel. ****' (Daily Mail )
Praise for TRUST ME I'M A JUNIOR DOCTOR (- )
'Reads like Scrubs: The Blog... This diary-style account of Pemberton's first year on the wards is funny and awful in equal measure' (Observer )
'Very funny and frank' (Independent )
'Painfully funny' (Boris Johnson )
'Reading his absurdly funny, beautifully observed, day to day, horror stories from the wards, made me laugh and shudder' (Maureen Lipman )
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The Junior Doctor is back!
He's into his second year of medicine, but this time Max is out of the wards and onto the streets, working for the Phoenix Outreach Project.
Fuelled by tea and more enthusiasm than experience, he attempts to locate and treat a wide and colourful range of patients that somehow his first year on the wards didn't prepare him for . . . from Molly the 80-year-old drugs mule and God in a Tesco car park, to middle-class mums addicted to appearances and pain killers in equal measure.
His friends don't approve of the turn his career is taking, his mother is worried and the public spit at him, but Max is determined to make a difference. Despite warnings that miracles are rare, and that not everyone's life can be turned around, Max is still surprised by those that can be saved.
Funny, touching and uplifting, Max goes from innocence to experience via dustbin-shopping-trips without ever losing his humanity. (20080217)
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I loved the first book 'Trust me I'm a Junior Doctor' but thought this one was even better. It still has the same humour and pathos but the characters and stories that the writer uses to address issues of drug-addiction and homelessness really bring his experiences to life and makes you look at the the world in a new light. It's the kind of book that stays with you - and makes you think, laugh out loud and feel sympathetic towards the plights of others all at the same time. I thoroughly recommend it.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having read and thoroughly enjoyed the first book I expected a great deal of the second. I was left distinctly disappointed. Max has moved from the diary/blog style, but this has made the book become more a series of anecdotes and caricatures of people with quirky personality traits and flaws (staff and patient alike).
At times the book is hopelessly arrogant and it is probably a little cynical of me, but it felt almost as if the occupation was chosen to write the book rather than the book coming about as a result of the occupation. The writing has lost the vulnerability of Trust Me, I'm a Junior Doctor and with it, the honesty and introspection that made it so engaging.
It isn't a bad book, it is just a disappointing follow up to an exceptional one.
At times the book is hopelessly arrogant and it is probably a little cynical of me, but it felt almost as if the occupation was chosen to write the book rather than the book coming about as a result of the occupation. The writing has lost the vulnerability of Trust Me, I'm a Junior Doctor and with it, the honesty and introspection that made it so engaging.
It isn't a bad book, it is just a disappointing follow up to an exceptional one.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Being a medical student I was looking forward to more hilarious calamaties to which I could relate, but I have to admit I was fairly disappointed with this sequel. Thought it opened my eyes to a part of society of whom I have limited experience, I didn't enjoy it half as much.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
where does it hurt?
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... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Ali
A good present
My younger brother already owns the first book in this series so I bought him this for his birthday. He's applying for medical school at the moment and was very pleased with this.
Published 6 months ago by Fiona P
not keen
not too keen on this found it boring, skipped lines, pararaphs then the whole book. its not ward based, this is set on a drugs programme in the community and he is based in a... Read more
Published 12 months ago by jannette
Max Pemberton's books
This book is a well written,accurate account of experiences of Max's life as a medic.
It gives the reader a good insight into how tough it is to develop holistic skills in... Read more
It gives the reader a good insight into how tough it is to develop holistic skills in... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Wendles
A Very Informative and empathetic read
I thoroughly enjoyed this sequeal to 'Trust me i'm a junior doctor', and thought that it maintained the same level of wit and honesty, and most of all it really allowed the reader... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Hali M.D.
A damn good read
A really enjoyable book. The insight this young doctor has is a real revelation. He shows us the hilarious and the tragic sides of our NHS and has made me particularly proud to... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Colin
Funny Warm Hearted and an eye opener
A great read for anyone who loves hospital drama and wants to know the truth about the nhs and what its like to be a real doctor. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Sam Beckett
Touching, informative and utterly hillarious!
As a current med student, and also someone who worked in a very similar drug-dependency clinic in the UK, some of the characters are identical to those I've worked with! Read more
Published 23 months ago by Mr. N. J. Francis
Really good book for anyone who wants to apply to med school and find...
This easy read is a brilliant book for anyone who wants to see what medicine is like from the inside. Not as funny as the first one but very good nonetheless
Published on 2 Jun 2010 by Chris Mayo
great read
I have read Max Pemberton's first book, 'Trust Me, I'm a junior Doctor' and really enjoyed it. So when i found out he had wrote another about working in drug and alcohol, I had to... Read more
Published on 4 May 2010 by Michelle Storey
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