Shadowing by Weike Wang

Shadowing Reviews

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  Cheri

  
  This is a short, 39 minutes long, audible story about a young Asian-American female pre-med student who earns a spot in a medical study of diet and the effects of diet on the heart. The doctor she ends up working for, also a woman, is middle-aged, and seems to be more than a little overbearing.
  
  I have no medical training, but know it’s a grueling period of time. This seems more like a hazing ritual to me. I can’t really relate as someone hoping for a career in medicine, but I can relate to the horrible boss theme of this.
  
  Unfortunately, there's so little substance to this and the ending was....I can't remember.
  
  Yawn.
  
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  Phoenix Perpetuale

  Short, but a reasonably engaging story, soft female voice narration. I have greatly enjoyed it. Shadowing is excellent listening.
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  Hali Davidson

  I enjoyed it. I mean, I did. It was like listening to your cooler-and-smarter-than-you friend bitch about how pre-med was going. It was fun. But then, it just ended? And I was all, "...go on." Because she hadn't made a point with that last bit of information. But now I'm like, "Maybe she did, and I just missed it, because I am the stupid one of the pair," so she gets a pass there, but now my proverbial feathers are ruffled and I feel the same kind of uncomfortable you'd feel when you're out at the park and enjoying the sunlight when you wonder... *did* you lock the door? What about that candle in the bedroom?
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  🌶 peppersocks 🧦

  Reflections and lessons learned:
  “…when I was interviewing, every interviewer was a man. One asked me to open the window knowing full well the window was locked, and I struggled to open that window for the entirety of my interview…”
  
  An interesting insight but I did not understand the delivery and point of it at all… I listened to it several times to be sure that I wasn’t missing the ‘aha’ moment but no, this did not drop and possibly could have been better conveyed to me as a bullet point list. I’m keen to try another to be sure, but not sure whether this is an author for me
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  Alina Villasenor

  With strong overtones of the model minority, we follow an Asian-American woman as she earns a coveted role shadowing an eccentric doctor, a middle-aged woman who’d built her career at some of the most elite medical institutions in the country.
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  Samneang

  This is a short story about a med student who has to do clinical research to get her degree and ends up working for someone who macro manages and is very temperamental.
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  This book shows the horrible side of being a med student. While becoming a doctor is an aspiration for many, the dark side involves being belittled, jealousy and rivalry between old doctors, and some crazy work stuff. This reminded me of what my friend goes through working in a science lab. It was an ok short story. I cringed a lot for the character but wasn’t impressed with the story.
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  Arryanna Garcia

  Hilarious
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  Anjalica

  Interesting
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  Sam

  Good short story that I think too many of us can relate too starting out in our careers.
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  Lenka Příplatová

  A short autobiographical story about doing research and trying to get in a med school. Enjoyable and well written, but way too short and without much drama or personal development.
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  Ali Preece

  2.5*
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  Magen

  Listened to on 12/16/2020, but not counted in reading challenge
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  Hailey Martinez

  Cute little story. Great Audiobook to play in the background while you study or do chores. The writer is very witty, and I loved the bond her and her mentor developed by the end.
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  Moniqa

  Quit halfway through because of dull, meandering story with repeat casual and deliberately hateful fatmisia from the main character.
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  Budoor

  This was confusing & pretty boring for a 40-min audiobook
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  Tika Sampract

  Engaging short story that I wish was longer. More of a character study-
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  Mindy

  Interesting..
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  Erin

  ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ narrator