Whipped through this in super quick time after loving the first book. It was odd reading this directly after the other one, as we went back to the start of Dr Kay’s career when he was a lowly SHO and then rose through the ranks again. Just as always, the writing is humorous but hearty and I thought it really interesting how it only takes a couple of years to become institutionalised to working every Christmas Day.

This is an exceptional piece of work and I totally understand why it dominated bookshelves and lists and charts and recommendations for so long. The writing is exquisite - both respectful and thoughtful about the roles and pressures of doctors and the variety of patients they have to see, whilst also having a wonderfully dark sense of humour that is often laugh out loud funny.