I loved everything about this book. The representation of minorities (both gender and ethnic) was so beautifully put across.

My pet peeve is a predictable book and this definitely was not predictable! It was a rollercoaster of friendships, relationships and family. I never knew what to expect from chapter to chapter.

Overall, I’d recommend this to anyone! I thoroughly enjoyed every second.

Thank you for the arc!

I loved the pacing of this. It keeps you interested all the way through, the characters are engaging. Unfortunately I’m not a fan of medical romances, but that’s my own personal preference rather than the book’s fault. I loved Angie. She was so sweet and lovable. Her and Ricky are very much a slowburn. If that’s your thing you might like this book!

I was on the fence with this book. I was very excited to read it as the description sounded fresh and original and different to the standard women's fiction/chick lit novels. I had also heard a lot of good reviews through book blogs, etc.

The plot was engaging and it moved at a good pace with a lot happening to hold my interest. The amount of coincidences became slightly unbelievable and I think this made the characters come across a little cliché. I also enjoyed the fun writing style.

My expectations on this were possibly too high hence the disappointment. Still, it is definitely worth a read.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an eARC for review!

On Rotation is a romance following Angie, a Ghanaian-American med student who meets Ricky, making her life even more complicated when she falls in love with him.

I enjoyed this novel, but it wasn’t what I expected. As an avid watcher of Grey’s Anatomy, I loved the medical aspects of the novel, and I wish this was more prevalent of a setting within the novel. I also loved how Angie and her family’s Ghanaian traditions were incorporated within the storyline, and the realistic view that it had on life as the daughter of immigrant parents. I particularly enjoyed the portrayal of friendship between Angie and her friends.

However, there were some things that didn’t quite work for me within the novel. While I enjoyed reading the footnotes, I found that they were a bit distracting for me and interrupted the flow of the storyline. I also didn’t really enjoy the on-again off-again nature of the romance and the use of arguments and miscommunication to drive the plot. As this was such a large part of the storyline, I was not completely invested in the romance between Angie and Ricky, as I felt that we didn’t get to experience them working well together as a couple to care whether the romance would work.

The pros outweighed the cons for me in the end and I did enjoy the overall reading experience. I would definitely read more of Obuobi’s work in the future!

I ADORED this book. The stresses and trials of medical school were perfectly realised, from dealing with shitty senior colleagues to cramming for exams, but I loved seeing the heart and care for patients that Angie retained despite it all. And Ricky... don't even get me started on Ricky. I have never seen a love interest more perfectly designed for me! With the way he and Angie's relationship started, I was skeptical at first, but he definitely won me over as the book went on. And all the geek references were just the icing on the cake!

Huge thanks to NetGalley and Quercus Books for my advanced reader copy of this book.

On Rotation follows medical student, Angie Appiah, as she juggles the various challenges she faces in her medical studies, love life and family pressure.

As a huge fan of Grey’s Anatomy, I jumped at the chance to read this. And while I love Greys’s, it is full of drama and also packed full of sadness, so to not have much of the drama in this one was actually refreshing because it reflects how well the author knows medicine having studied it herself. I found the medical part so insightful and throughly enjoyed this part of the book. I also appreciated it was from a medical student point of view rather than a successful, fully trained doctor!

I loved the Ghanaian representation, it was great learning about the traditions and culture! I have seen some criticism about the footnotes in this book, however, I thought this added so much to the book because it gave the reader so much insight into the medical terms, Ghanaian culture and anime references (which if you weren’t clued up on gave you some helpful understanding!)

As much as I do love a good slow burn romance, but the pacing in this book was a little too slow for my liking and I would have liked to see things happen a bit quicker.

Overall, I liked this one and would recommend if you enjoy a slow burn book that has romance in it, but is not all about the romance!

This book was really unreadable, the footnotes were just far too distracting; maybe if they'd put them at the bottom of the the page they were referencing rather than at the end of the chapter where you had to jump back and forward.

Angie is on her way to becoming a doctor, and having a bad day when she meets Ricky. He flirts with her but he is not who he seems. As they run in to each other again and again will it lead to anything more?

I did enjoy this one, because it reminded me a lot of Grey's Anatomy (absolutely OBSESSED). Excellent exploration into familial pressure to perform, excel and meet expectations as well as navigating friendships and relationships in the midst of a busy lifestyle.

I loved ON ROTATION, and it brought all the drama
with plenty of laughs and a romance too.
Angie is a Ghanaian-American trying to find her way in
life while balancing medical school, a boyfriend who
won't commit, and meddling parents.
Compared to Grey's Anatomy, I loved the medical
drama and I'm always a fan of strong female
friendships which were featured in the story too. Overall
it was a funny and relatable story, and I loved that the
author included Ghanaian traditions and can't wait to
read more by her!

As a big fan of Grey's Anatomy and other medical dramas, I couldn't wait to pick up this book. And I really liked it.

In this new-adult book, Angie is a Ghanaian American trying to find a balance between medical school, meddling parents, and a non-committal boyfriend.

I'm no immigrant myself, but as a teacher, I have often worked with children from other countries. Reading this book gave me insight into how their lives can be and how they can struggle with expectations from their families. I loved the strong female friendships within this story (the world knows we need more of them). As a lover of medical dramas and the kinks and dramas between the staff, I had to temper my expectations a little bit, but I was not disappointed.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange of an honest review

i loved this book!!

the chemistry between Ricky and Angie was undeniable even from the start which made reading so much more exciting- anticipating how their relationship would change.

i liked how it gave an insight into different culture like the Ghanaian weddings and such.

it’s relatable, funny and showed strong female characters which i love

As the book was marketed as 'for lovers of Grey's Anatomy', I expected a book about a hospital romance, getting some love in the on-call rooms and A LOT of drama. Well, I definitely got the drama.

Angie is a twenty-four/five-year-old who is in the middle of her medical training. She's just love, but in the most unexpected place, she seems to run into it again. But nothing goes as planned, and Angie's life turns in to a real mess.

Though I had some difficulty with the main character (she was QUICK to jump to conclusions), I loved the geeky bits of the story. Finally a book that acknowledges my nerdiness and has a male love interest that loves those quirky things. The romance was cute and reminiscent of Queenie, Talia Hibbert's Brown Sisters and a touch of Grey's Anatomy in there.

Would definitely recommend anyone interested in a multi-cultural, medical romance!

3.5/5 stars

This book told a story about a medical student and explored her relationships with her family, friends and boyfriends. I read this book on Netgalley in exchange for my honest review and I liked it.
I love reading medical thrillers and medical books, and the title of the book attracted me to it originally. I would have loved this book to feature more of the medical world and tell more about the life as a medical student, but I think it was mostly about the main characters’ relationships and the cultural differences between her and her parents’ generation.
It made interesting reading, and the main characters adventures made me smile.

This book started with a butt; how could I not love it?

I loved the main character Angie. I loved the detail. I loved the feminism and the medical jargon. I loved the commentary on what it is to be a Black Ghanian-American woman and felt connection to her, even though I am not American, or Ghanian myself.

I found this book interesting, thought-provoking, emotional, realistic... A book you want to take your time with.

This book is great in so many ways, though if you are not into medical drama, a pacing that is in the slower side, or are not particularly fond of foot notes, this may not be for you.

Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read this ARC!

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC.

It took me a while to get into this book, Shirlene has a style of writing I'm not used to but once I got into the style I was fairly hooked!

Just found out that Shirlene is a Cardiology fellow and now a published author, that's insanely impressive!

Angie was a great character and I loved seeing her develop as a person and as a medical student through her clinical rotations and her research. I also loved how she navigated friendships and a possible new relationships while being an incredibly busy medical student.

I read this while on a relaxing holiday and it was the perfect companion!

Thank you so much to Netgalley and Quercus Books for the gifted digital ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Read this if you:

Enjoy books that center around medicine and doctors
Like well developed characters
Are looking for a book that highlights many complex topics

My Thoughts:

This book was a slow read for me. I just didn’t find anything to keep me going. I was bored most of the time. This doesn’t mean it is a bad book, it just wasn’t necessarily the book for me or maybe I wasn’t in the right mood for it.

Besides not really catching my interest, something that bothered me a lot in this book were the explanations at the end of every chapter. If in a paperback those were footnotes at the end of the page, I think it would be great, but in an ebook they sucked

If I wanted to know what a word or an expression meant I had to go to the end of the chapter to read it and then go back to resume my chapter. I don’t have the patience to do that so I lost all those explanations. It was pretty frustrating.

What I liked about the book is that some important topics such as feminism and struggling as a young black woman were highlighted very well. I think the author did a great job at developing the characters’ personalities throughout the book.

As for the romance part, I wasn’t really feeling it. I mean, Rick was good but in my opinion Angie was pretty immature about their relationship and she had some absurd expectations. But that’s just me.

Overall, as I already said, the book is definitely worth giving a try and written well in a unique voice, but it just wasn’t my cup of tea at the moment.

I really liked the blurb of the book however did not finish the book. I found the writing to be quite dull and dry and way too descriptive which personally I do not enjoy. However I did appreciate the footnotes to explain things that the common lay person might not know which saved me from putting the book down and googling the phrase.

I really wanted to like the book but struggled to stay engaged with the book and continue reading on. I tried skipping ahead in the chapters but still couldn't find that right spot where the book gets better

I think the characters could have been written better. Angie albeit is a great character, I would have preferred a strong, independent style character than a childish one as the journey to self discovery and character growth would have been more my style.

The plot point I think that made it really hard to enjoy the book is that the romantic connection between Angie and Ricky didn't feel real. Yes there was a crush but ultimately I think that is all it was.

🌿BOOK REVIEW🌿

On Rotation by Shirlene Obuobi

“All this time in medical school, are you going to throw it away to be, what?” “A psychiatrist?”

Ghanaian-American Angela Appiah has checked off all the boxes for the “Perfect Immigrant Daughter”:
- Enroll in an elite medical school
- Snag a suitable lawyer/doctor/engineer boyfriend
- Surround self with a gaggle of successful and/or loyal friends

Within a click of the fingers everything she has worked so hard for comes crumbling around her. First she gets a low score on an important exam, her boyfriend dumps her, her best friend distances herself from her and the pressure from her parents becomes crippling.

I always say I read to get a break from the pressures of medical school, and then I read a book about being in medical school… Although, this didn’t feel like hard work reading it and I actually laughed so many times throughout it. I picked the above quote to use in my review because I have heard this exact phrase multiple times! Obuobi hits the nail on the head with what it is *really* like to be a medical student and her witty humour kept the overall tone of this novel very upbeat!

Angela was such a fantastic protagonist to have in this book and it was heartwarming seeing her realign her self worth away from academics, and nourish her interpersonal relationships while creating boundaries with more toxic relationships.

Above I said there are moments of such humour in this book, but there are also moments of such heartbreak as characters in this book cope with illness, loss and grief. These scenes were written in such an emotive way, it was obvious that the author was a doctor herself and has seen the true devastation that lurks within a hospitals walls.

I would recommend this one for everyone, whether you work in healthcare or not!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

⚠️CW// death of a parent, gun violence, addiction, racism, sexism

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the rep in this book >>>

i absolutely adored the writing in this book. there wasn’t a moment where i got bored and wanted to stop reading. it’s pretty fast-paced and the characters are so loveable.

the struggles that our fmc went through as a med student felt so realistic and at times i just wanted to reach out to her and hug her omg 😭 even tho she made a ton of mistakes, i love her sm and i’m so glad she finally got her happy ending

ricky is the perfect man. that’s all there is to say.