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Your Driver Is Waiting by Priya Guns

10 reviews

lizlizlizk's review

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dark lighthearted tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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lucylou's review

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dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

How unhinged and fairly unpredictable our main character is makes the book something I needed to devour in one sitting. Like other reviews, I wish the author had let us glimpse more into what Damani was thinking, especially when it came to Jolene. We get that she’s as bright as the sun, but how did you feel about her allyship? The pacing was also confusing, but with such short chapters I just pushed through. The last third of the novel made it worth the read, but even then it was vaguer than I would’ve liked.

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nataliebootlah's review against another edition

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challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

When I skimmed the description, I somehow mixed up Taxi Driver with Baby Driver so I was expecting more of an action-packed-bank-robbery situation.

What I got instead was the dark, satirical commentary of a bi woman working long hours, caring for her grieving mother, and dreaming of a better life. Despite needing to take necessary precautions to stay safe throughout the night, she meets new people and eventually meets Jolene. And so begins their whirlwind love affair.

It touches on political unrest, white saviorism, exploitation of workers, and grief. There were parts I liked and parts that fell flat. It was a love-hate relationship.

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octobermontoya's review against another edition

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dark funny tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.5

I'm not sure if Your Driver is Waiting is a spin on Taxi Driver or not, although I've never seen Taxi Drive so I suppose it doesn't matter either way. Regardless, Gun's novel features Damani, is a queer Sri Lankan rideshare driver who's just barely getting by while dealing with grief after her father's death and taking care of her mother. The story revolves around Damani's life and her brief (but ultimately chaotic) love affair with a wealthy white (savior) woman named Jolene. I believe the book is labeled as satire but, I don't know, Jolene's whiteness seems pretty spot on (performative allyship, taking up a ton of space,

calling the cops

). There is explicit sex scenes, which i'm only mentioning incase folks listen to the audiobook version without headphones at times, lol.

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figallium's review

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mk_books's review

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dark tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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tenderbench's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark reflective tense 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? It's complicated

3.75

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carmxn's review

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dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

It was an alright book. After reading the title and summary, I sor of had a different idea of what the book was going to be like versus what it actually was.

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marizzleduh's review

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2.0

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caseythereader's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Thanks to Doubleday Books for the free advance copy of this book.

- YOUR DRIVER IS WAITING is a gender-flipped retelling of TAXI DRIVER, updated to the current day. Making Damani a driver for a rideshare company and making Jolene a white ally is brilliant.
- At times the points Guns is making are a bit on the nose, but the oppressive, hopeful yet hopeless atmosphere of the story is perfect.
- This book is pretty short and I wish there could have been more depth to some of the characters and story elements. I would love to see what Guns can do with a longer, more immersive story. That said, I could not put this book down, and read it within about 48 hours.

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