Name: Karr's review of On Rotation by Shirlene Obuobi
Item: On Rotation
Rating: 5
Author: Karr

Shirlene Obuobi

A spectacular novel of family, friendship, and finding your way in life...and in love. Meet Ghanaian-American Angie Appiah. She's spent her life being the Perfect Immigrant Daughter, with her medical school credentials, handsome lawyer boyfriend, and ride or die friends. But what happens when it all starts falling apart at the seams? Her boyfriend dumps her, she bombs the test that will determine her future, and her closest confidante and roommate pulls away, telling Angie she's more wrapped up in herself than in her friends. Angie is crushed. She's always faced her problems by working "twice as hard to get half as far and until now, that's done well for her. When did it all get so complicated? Suddenly, she begins to question everything. Her career choice, her friendships, even why she's attracted to men who don't love her as much as she loves them. And just when things couldn't get more confusing, enter Ricky, brilliant, handsome, thoughtful, sexy, but who has wasteman practically tattooed across his forehead. For someone whose always been in control of everything, Angie realizes that there's one thing she can't plan on: matters of her heart.

On Rotation

Genesis (@whisperingchapters)

Karr

I LOVED this book. Loved the friends to enemies to friends to lovers to ex's whiplash. I could not get enough.

I literally almost quit this book four times. I so badly needed to be done with it but it kept dragging on for what felt like forever. The main character was so unnecessarily insufferable and I can’t be convinced that she was written that way intentionally. But more importantly, the story, especially the love story, was all over the place I kept getting whiplash from the back and forth going on. The girl had very intense insecurity issues that were never addressed if even noticed. The dynamic between her and her love interest was incredibly toxic. They needed to stay very far away from each other. The characters’ reaction to literally anything felt unnatural. Anytime I read an interaction between the ‘couple’ I would have a ‘WTF???’ expression on my face because how are these real people??? 

Apart from the weird storylines and the weirder characters, the writing was overly descriptive. From the medical aspects to the cultural. Most things could’ve been deduced or even googled. It read like it was the reader’s first day on earth and that got annoying really quickly. I try really hard not to dnf books and this one really tested my limits. 

amarachi

I literally almost quit this book four times. I so badly needed to be done with it but it kept dragging on for what felt like forever. The main character was so unnecessarily insufferable and I can’t be convinced that she was written that way intentionally. But more importantly, the story, especially the love story, was all over the place I kept getting whiplash from the back and forth going on. The girl had very intense insecurity issues that were never addressed if even noticed. The dynamic between her and her love interest was incredibly toxic. They needed to stay very far away from each other. The characters’ reaction to literally anything felt unnatural. Anytime I read an interaction between the ‘couple’ I would have a ‘WTF???’ expression on my face because how are these real people??? 

Apart from the weird storylines and the weirder characters, the writing was overly descriptive. From the medical aspects to the cultural. Most things could’ve been deduced or even googled. It read like it was the reader’s first day on earth and that got annoying really quickly. I try really hard not to dnf books and this one really tested my limits. 

Nash

2.9


My favorite thing about this story was the love interest. For a description that says that it is for Grey’s Anatomy lovers, I was left hanging… Everything surrounding the female lead is absolutely toxic. Even her and her attitude. This female lead had her moments of clarity that made her likable, but everything that came out of her mouth left me with eyes and mouth wide open. Her relationship with her family is beyond toxic. I know that family dynamics are very personal and everyone has to deal with their respective relatives in their own way. Still, this particular story seems to go above and beyond ridiculousness. For being grown adults, her best friends behaved like little kids. And most of the book I was reading with a WTF? Look on my face. Even so, I couldn’t bring myself to DNF. I had to know how the mess would end and how her life would magically be fixed. I kinda want my time back.

sydney

*4.5

I didn’t know what to expect going into this book but I really enjoyed it. The miscommunication was a bit much at times but Angie and Ricky were cute so I got over it.

I received an arc through netgalley.

Latitude Tamarind

This book is funny and interesting and romantic and I loved all of the vibrant characters. As a chronic overachiever myself, every time Angela gets something fantastic but slightly under expectations, I’m also absolutely gutted. Honestly, I don’t really read straight romances, but this is a great exception. Five stars.

J’Naia Stepp

This book was captivating and the characters were insanely lovable. I especially loved Angie’s determination and passion and Ricky’s kindness.

 I loved how it also looked into her relationship with her parents, and sister and how life was like for her at home as opposed to just focusing on the romantic relationship and her friends. 

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC copy of this book

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