Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

Your Driver Is Waiting by Priya Guns

16 reviews

ienbdri's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.25

This felt more like a first draft than a finished novel. I liked the ideas but nothing felt coherent. At times unnecessary stuff was over-explained but important action wasn't described at all. The pacing felt off and I had a hard time figuring out how much time had actually passed between chapters. This book had a lot of ambition and I don't think it achieved what it wanted to achieve. Quick read I don't regret nonetheless.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Racism, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Classism, Deportation, Grief, and Police brutality

thewellreadmrs's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Stalking, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Dementia, Drug use, Toxic relationship, and Racism

horizonous's review against another edition

dark funny reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.25

A book that will linger with me because of the very distinct voice of Damani, the narrator. I probably could have read 200 more pages of her interior monologue simply because I really like this type of.. dry, but sharp, matter of fact writing, however at the same time I found the story a bit too meandering at times. But Priya Guns is definitly an author I will keep an eye out in the future!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual content, and Stalking

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Classism, Death of parent, Deportation, Grief, Mental illness, Police brutality, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Drug abuse, Infidelity, and Vomit

Mental illness = Depression

tenderbench's review

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Classism, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Sexual assault, Car accident, Deportation, and Mental illness

Minor: Death of parent and Police brutality

cady_sass's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.5

Chapters 1-68: no plot, just vibes. And the vibes are… dull. 
Chapters 69-end: absolute chaos, unhinged single white female vibes but the protagonist is a second generation Indian immigrant with crazy lesbian stage-10 clinger issues. Complete nonsense. It got sorta interesting, but … no. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Terminal illness, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Stalking, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

carmxn's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Racism, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Deportation, Sexual assault, and Police brutality