September 22, 2023

Content warnings: Self harm, nonconsensual medical procedures, discussion of miscarriage, child abuse

Basic plot: I've never seen House, but I've seen the memes, and this is what I imagine the medical drama House to be like if it were a book about a genius 27 year old woman who looks like a high schooler.

Language learning: In my opinion the current rating of 35 (Sept 2023) is much higher than I'd judge it. To me this is basically the same as 本好き (~30) but with medical rather than fantasy vocab. Grammar is simple, it doesn't really have any unusual words outside of medical ones and this is very much "showy" medical speak like you'd have on TV medical dramas. You don't need to know them in detail to understand what's going on, and the truly unusual ones are explained by a character right after being introduced.

Review: There are 4 "charts" in this book, and the second two I guessed the diagnosis pretty early on, the fourth one actually so early that I was annoyed reading that chapter how long it was taking the "天才" doctor to realize it.

That said, it's kind of mindless fun. I said on the forums that this is what a medical light novel would be and I stand by it. If you like light novels and you like TV medical dramas, you will probably enjoy this book.

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on July 13, 2024
similar in difficulty to怒り 上L35
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on September 22, 2023
easier than黄金仮面L38
cat graded
on September 22, 2023
similar in difficulty to容疑者Xの献身L32
cat graded
on September 22, 2023
easier than教場L34
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on September 22, 2023
easier than十角館の殺人L35
cat graded
on September 22, 2023
cat graded
on September 22, 2023
easier than火車L34