Reviews tagging 'Death'

On Rotation by Shirlene Obuobi

15 reviews

murve's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I loved Angie... until she was around Ricky. Her drive and passion for her patients was so inspiring and I was always impressed by her accomplishments. But every time she was around him they both became teenagers with zero communication skills. Their back and forth fighting was too much for me that I actually ended up DNF'ing at around 85%. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Death, Racism, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Child death, Blood, and Alcohol

iridescentdreams's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Medical trauma, Medical content, Death of parent, Death, and Gun violence

taroroot's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

this was so fun but so messy. there was a lot of drama. i really liked Angie and her friends, Nia and Michelle. i honestly didn't like Ricky until the last two chapters. there's just some loose threads at the end of the book that i would have liked to see resolution for.

wtf happened to camilla & the baby??????

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual content, and Death

amberinpieces's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Alcohol and Medical trauma

Minor: Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Blood, and Pregnancy

amre23's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Medical content, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Death, Abandonment, Death of parent, Child death, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual content, Sexism, and Misogyny

Minor: Grief and Injury/Injury detail

thaliareads's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I loved the characters independently, and I really enjoyed the look into that generational trauma that parents can pass to their kids and how the kids deal with that. I also liked the look into becoming a doctor that this book led you through. What I wasn't a big fan of was the relationship between the main characters. I really struggled to feel like they were healthy for each other, or that either were in a healthy mindset for a good relationship. This was sort of included in the plot - but I was never sure if I wanted to root for or against them.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Addiction, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Racism and Gun violence

With this book taking place in a hospital there is no avoiding detailed descriptions of all sorts of patients with all sorts of conditions and because she is researching and actively interacting with patients. The main character does take on a passion project about how people of color might be treated differently when they come to seek care at a medical institution after she sees

a mom being questioned about what her son was involved in after he was brought in shot

. Ricky, the love interest, has a dad who's struggled with addiction, which has had a big impact on who Ricky is as a person.

amachattie's review

emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Ok. I thought the pace of the plot was good and the story was interesting and the chemistry was good. But I'm stuck on the way that there were so many all-or-nothing relationship conflicts (protagonist cutting off her parents, bestie icing protagonist out, abrupt break ups with the love interest) despite the misunderstandings and harms being relatively small? And this contrasted with the fact that the love interest was full of red flags that were all explained away as him taking commitment TOO seriously. I loved the characters, I liked the book, but I think I didn't fully trust the emotional reactions and behaviour of the characters. It felt kind of unnatural.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Death and Drug abuse

alyssajp's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Child death

Moderate: Grief

antonique_reads's review

emotional lighthearted reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Abandonment, and Death

Minor: Drug abuse and Gun violence

librarybookscene's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death, Alcoholism, Grief, Addiction, and Racism