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Your Driver Is Waiting by Priya Guns

14 reviews

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

caseythereader's review

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Drug use, Car accident, Cursing, Death of parent, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Alcohol