Reviews

On Rotation by Shirlene Obuobi

thecraftyreader_de's review against another edition

funny hopeful fast-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

4.0

arich192's review

emotional funny reflective

• 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

Reflective, funny, all the feels. Writes about friendship and relationships in a very real way. Are notes in books more popular than I thought?

ebell92's review

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

3.0

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

spencer0o7's review

3.0

This book is.. its fine yk

One thing I can definitely say after reading this is that romance books are NOT for me. I truly dont jive well with them. Also I gotta say it took me a while to get over the initial hate towards ricky after the whole “I’m not asking you out I have a gf” like ik Angie was over it at that point BUT I WASNT. Also like I read a ton of african books (and am african myself obv) so the explanations of why Angie is calling a family friend aunty felt so unnecessary. Like yk yt ppl dont put explanations like that in their books. I did like the gimmick with small explanations or details on the bottom of the page but it got annoying when I couldnt find what the explanation was referencing. Overall this book is totally fine and im sure romance lovers will enjoy but well because of this book I have found out I’m not one of them! Also abeg im ngl I still don’t like ricky that much.

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

sapau's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• 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? No

2.75

kyahs's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing sad slow-paced

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

3.0

teddysbookstack's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

3.5

heidifuglevand's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.0

I read the digital copy of this book. The author uses a lot of footnotes (117 of them). In the digital version each footnote is its own page at the end of the book. I found jumping back and forth annoying. Some footnotes were helpful, explaining medical terms, others were pointless and could have just been woven into the paragraph.
I was really looking forward to reading this book, and committed to finishing it, but it was painfully slow.