Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas: Festive hospital diaries from the author of multi-million-copy hit This is Going to Hurt: From the Creator of This is Going to Hurt

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While wishing for a third book, I can definitely see myself listening to this again next Christmas season. There was a tradition in the author’s ward for the head surgeon to slice a turkey in the break room while asking a nurse to pass him each utensil one at a time as though performing surgery – “Knife please.

Once a year, at the end of December, the British public collectively succumbs to a fever dream of festivity, trading its usual tight-lipped demeanor for uncharacteristic cheer and goodwill. Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas will be fully illustrated (as tastefully as possible) and will delight all of Adam’s fans throughout the festive period of Christmas 2019 and for many years to come. Razlog tome je bio što je događaj bio izuzetno težak (toliko da je dodao i napomenu da se slobodno može preskočiti taj dio knjige zbog uznemirujućeg sadržaja), te mu se nije lagano bilo prisjećati, ali je svijestan da je važan trenutak.

With twenty-five tales of intriguing, shocking and incredible Christmas incidents, the British public will finally appreciate the sacrifices made and the challenges faced by the unsung heroes of the NHS. Kayhas written for television shows including Mrs Brown’s Boys, Very British Problemsand Mitchell and Webb. I loved that Government Health Secretary’s were compared to Defence Against the Dark Arts Teachers in Harry Potter, you know they will be evil but you have to wait out the year to see how they are going to be evil! You feel like you should read it after the hilarity of This Has Got to Hurt yet, in reality, Kay should not have bothered at all.

It will be challenging to see the funny side for some readers who are not familiar with the gory side involving many complications that Medical professionals have to face in their professional life.It also makes me angry for the way NHS staff are treated, and it really shows what amazing people they are. Also with the general content of the book i felt let down also, with the first book it was full of stories that made me cringe , made me laugh, made me feel sad and every single one really highlighted the stress and demand working at a hospital brought. One year, the nurses in the author’s ward adorned googly eyes and red noses to several specula – devices used to open orifices – to create the world's creepiest looking reindeer.

NHS staff spend their lives in the emotional equivalent of the brace position, prepared for disaster at any time.Occasionally it is laugh-out-loud funny or a broad smile, as in: "Full marks to the anaesthetist wearing a badge that says, "He sees you when you are sleeping, he knows when you are awake," but mostly it's just mildly amusing. So we have birth of babies, the lottery associated with IVF treatments, and the oh so human sorrows associated with the failures of IVF.