Title | The White Coat Diaries |
Author | |
Series | Standalone |
ASIN | B086BBFTXW |
Publisher | |
Ed. Language | English |
Format | Audiobook |
Length | 12 hours 9 minutes |
Pub. Date | September 15th, 2020 |
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐/5
Respect to anyone who pursues their dream of becoming a doctor. This book clearly opens our eyes to the difficulty of the journey. We can see the bittersweet they tasted through Norah's journey. This was a mind-opening story.
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Summary from Publisher:
Grey’s Anatomy meets Scrubs in this brilliant debut novel about a young doctor’s struggle to survive residency, love, and life.
Having spent the last twenty-something years with her nose in a textbook, brilliant and driven Norah Kapadia has just landed the medical residency of her dreams. But after a disastrous first day, she's ready to quit. Disgruntled patients, sleep deprivation, and her duty to be the "perfect Indian daughter" have her questioning her future as a doctor.
Enter chief resident Ethan Cantor. He's everything Norah aspires to be: respected by the attending physicians, calm during emergencies, and charismatic with his patients. And as he morphs from Norah’s mentor to something more, it seems her luck is finally changing.
But when a fatal medical mistake is made, pulling Norah into a cover-up, she must decide how far she’s willing to go to protect the secret. What if “doing no harm” means putting herself at risk?
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I liked this book but not a lot. I was kind of expecting more romance but ended up a little disappointed. This is not your regular hot doc romance. It's so rich that it was not exactly an easy pill to swallow. There's more life experience to it, but still I wanted the feel good one. The cover fooled me. I was expecting a romcom.
When others reviewed it as realistic drama, I agree. That's the life of a medic intern. My brother was one and oh boy... he's pretty much a zombie. The portrayal of the time-consuming life is very relatable. I still remember when my mother was upset because my bro no longer had free time for his family. When Norah found it difficult to place herself in work, friendship, love, or family life, I totally understand. Everything was also a struggle for my bro back then.
I also remembered when he came home angry with himself because he couldn't do anything about a case involving you know... doctor's ethics. I don't know what it was called, but I know for sure that the case made my bro contemplate whether he had chosen the right career path or not at that time.
Norah's journey was engrossing. The author did a great job of keeping readers wondering what Norah's next decision will be. Her journey wasn't smooth. Work broke her down, love broke her down, and even her best friends and family broke her down. Poor decision-making is what's left. At least she learned from her mistakes... just like how life should be. They are indeed being trained to make the right decisions under heavy pressure, right?
“People in other, normal jobs might have their computer crash or someone take their hole puncher—that’s their day-to-day office crap. Our day-to-day office crap is death and human suffering.”
Recommended for those who like:
• Medical drama
• Realistic hospital life
• Indian culture
• Intelligent woman
Trigger/ Content Warnings: Death, mental illness, drug use, cheating.
Where to buy:
Google Play (ebook) | Amazon (kindle) | Audible (audiobook) | Periplus (paperback)
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