A review by claire_fuller_writer
Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery by Henry Marsh

4.0

This book worked best when Marsh was describing his operations (fascinating, absorbing) or his interactions with patients (illuminating, honest), but not so well when he was describing the weather or the sunsets, which seemed a little out of place. Obviously you have not mind reading about operations nor be the kind of person who starts imagining symptoms just by reading about them. My husband agreed to let me read some of the book aloud to him, and said he would tap my arm when he'd heard as much as he could bare; I didn't get to finish one sentence - although I did deliberately select a more gruesome one.

I loved all the medical detail, the people Marsh worked with, the frustrations of the job. Highly recommended for the non-squeamish.