Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

On Rotation by Shirlene Obuobi

20 reviews

nakiak's review

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

2.75

The book was very well written. I think the story just wasn’t for me. I didn’t connect with the characters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Gun violence

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

abaighritz's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Gun violence

Minor: Racism

buttermellow's review

emotional funny informative 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, and Medical content

Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Racism

Minor: Pregnancy and Drug abuse

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

jillianalice's review

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective fast-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

I loved this SO MUCH. Finishing this put me in a bit of a slump because I just want more of these characters. 

I saw some reviews talking about how they thought this was a romance book, but it’s not, and they were disappointed. I very much disagree, I knew this was lit fic but all the romantic relationships were lovely and ended well. They were written in a realistic and raw manner that had me crying throughout the entire book. 

The main character’s growth was inspiring and relatable. I also love the emphasis on friendship and how important maintaining those relationships is throughout your 20s. The ending had me crying happy tears, I already want to re-read this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Racism, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Alcoholism, Gun violence, and Medical content

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.

bedtimesandbooks's review

hopeful fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Pregnancy