This book contained various detailed passages regarding medical procedures,  the role of an Anaesthetist and the surgical environment which I found very insightful as this is a different perspective
 from other medical memoirs I have enjoyed in the past.

That being said, sadly for me the balance of long-winded anecdotes with the odd scattering of humour made it a very slow read and became quite disengaging at times - to a point i almost DNFed at the 80% mark. I also felt that the way in which
 Colin uses a lot of comparisons and particularly phrasings in the book came across a bit patronising and repetitive. I'm pretty sure the phrases similar to that of 'no 2 patient are the same', 'Autistic
 patients are all different' where throw in every couple of chapters.

Overall whilst I did enjoy reading more about this role in medicine from being more than just 'someone who puts patients to sleep', I believe there are other much stronger memoirs I would recommend.
 over this.