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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.
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 seesrusereviews's review
emotional
hopeful
informative
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? It's complicated
4.0
On Rotation by Shirlene Obuobi is a strong contemporary own voices debut with romantic elements. I listened to the audiobook, which clocks in at eleven and a half hours and is narrated by Mela Lee.
Angie Appiah is a Ghanaian-American medical student juggling med school, the expectations of her parents, making enough time for her friends, love, and her need for self determination. She starts dropping things after her boyfriend dumps her, she bombs a test that determines her future, and her best friend and roommate distances herself. Among all that, Ricky walks into her life with his handsome thoughtful face and she's not sure what to do with him since he doesn't fit into her plans.
This book is a smidge more women's fiction than romance, and it's not fully a medical drama either. It does feature our main character Angie figuring out what she wants out of life after being told what to do for the vast majority so far.
There's a lot of the miscommunication trope in here, so if that bothers you this may not be the book for you. I did find it pretty frustrating at times, but overall the issues between characters are pretty realistic. I think the book could also have been tightened up a bit, there were a few places where it felt like it dragged a bit for me. The author also likes to infodump from time to time.
I really enjoyed the author's prose and how she painted the scenes with her words. In addition to being a doctor currently in a cardiology fellowship, she's also a comic artist, so it makes sense to me how she writes so visually.
I think folks in the medical field would really appreciate this book. Also, black nerds, rejoice, because you will love all the references in this book.
Tropes in this book include: friends to lovers, slow burn, miscommunication, queer side character, nonbinary side character
CW: strained relationship with parents, parent with addiction, absent parent, death of parent, hospital (including brief mention of shooting victim), illness
Angie Appiah is a Ghanaian-American medical student juggling med school, the expectations of her parents, making enough time for her friends, love, and her need for self determination. She starts dropping things after her boyfriend dumps her, she bombs a test that determines her future, and her best friend and roommate distances herself. Among all that, Ricky walks into her life with his handsome thoughtful face and she's not sure what to do with him since he doesn't fit into her plans.
This book is a smidge more women's fiction than romance, and it's not fully a medical drama either. It does feature our main character Angie figuring out what she wants out of life after being told what to do for the vast majority so far.
There's a lot of the miscommunication trope in here, so if that bothers you this may not be the book for you. I did find it pretty frustrating at times, but overall the issues between characters are pretty realistic. I think the book could also have been tightened up a bit, there were a few places where it felt like it dragged a bit for me. The author also likes to infodump from time to time.
I really enjoyed the author's prose and how she painted the scenes with her words. In addition to being a doctor currently in a cardiology fellowship, she's also a comic artist, so it makes sense to me how she writes so visually.
I think folks in the medical field would really appreciate this book. Also, black nerds, rejoice, because you will love all the references in this book.
Tropes in this book include: friends to lovers, slow burn, miscommunication, queer side character, nonbinary side character
CW: strained relationship with parents, parent with addiction, absent parent, death of parent, hospital (including brief mention of shooting victim), illness
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent, Addiction, and Terminal illness
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