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A review by helenecats
Your Driver Is Waiting by Priya Guns
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I finished Your Driver is Waiting weeks ago, and I did enjoy it very much, so here are my thoughts, with very mild spoilers.
What I liked:
- The sarcasm / dark sense of humour / bluntness of the narrator. Damani is an Indian American taxi driver who uses an app called RideShare (basically Uber) and she did a great job at picking apart all the issues of that line of work.
- The interactions with her clients which were often hilarious
- The commentary on class, racism, sexism and performative activism. The background of protests, whilst Damani is trying to make enough money to survive and provide for her and her mum who is mentally ill.
- The bi rep. Damaging is unapologetically sexual and doesn't discriminate based on gender. Yet even with her self-confidence, she falls for someone who I personally found obnoxious - but that's one of the points of the story!
What could have been better:
- I actually would have liked a longer book with more POVs.
- There are quite vulgar/explicit parts which won't be for everyone (I actually didn't mind it myself)
- The book is hard to put into one genre. There's a bit of romance, sex, action, activism, some poetic/literary passages… Again I enjoyed that, but it might be disconcerting for some.
All in all, this would make a good TV series/movie. Apparently this is a retelling of Taxi Driver, but I never watched it, so it didn't really have an impact on my reading experience. I haven't seen this much on Bookstagram, and reviews are mixed. I'm keen to know why...?
A good choice for both #aapimonth and #pridemonth!
Thank you @NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
What I liked:
- The sarcasm / dark sense of humour / bluntness of the narrator. Damani is an Indian American taxi driver who uses an app called RideShare (basically Uber) and she did a great job at picking apart all the issues of that line of work.
- The interactions with her clients which were often hilarious
- The commentary on class, racism, sexism and performative activism. The background of protests, whilst Damani is trying to make enough money to survive and provide for her and her mum who is mentally ill.
- The bi rep. Damaging is unapologetically sexual and doesn't discriminate based on gender. Yet even with her self-confidence, she falls for someone who I personally found obnoxious - but that's one of the points of the story!
What could have been better:
- I actually would have liked a longer book with more POVs.
- There are quite vulgar/explicit parts which won't be for everyone (I actually didn't mind it myself)
- The book is hard to put into one genre. There's a bit of romance, sex, action, activism, some poetic/literary passages… Again I enjoyed that, but it might be disconcerting for some.
All in all, this would make a good TV series/movie. Apparently this is a retelling of Taxi Driver, but I never watched it, so it didn't really have an impact on my reading experience. I haven't seen this much on Bookstagram, and reviews are mixed. I'm keen to know why...?
A good choice for both #aapimonth and #pridemonth!
Thank you @NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.