Ratings8
Average rating3.3
In this electrifyingly fierce and funny social satire—a gender-flipped reboot of the iconic 1970s film Taxi Driver—a ride share driver is barely holding it together on the hunt for love, dignity, and financial security . . . until she decides she's done waiting. “A ferocious new voice. A fierce and immersive debut.” —Weike Wang Damani is tired. Her father just died on the job at a fast-food joint, and now she lives paycheck to paycheck in a basement, caring for her mom and driving for an app that is constantly cutting her take. The city is roiling in protests--everybody's in solidarity with somebody--but while she keeps hearing that they’re fighting for change on behalf of people like her, she literally can’t afford to pay attention. Then she gives a ride to Jolene (five stars, obviously). Jolene seems like she could be the perfect girlfriend--attentive, attractive, an ally--and their chemistry is off the charts. Jolene’s done the reading, she goes to every protest, and she says all the right things. So maybe Damani can look past the one thing that's holding her back: she’s never dated anyone with money before, not to mention a white girl with money. But just as their romance intensifies and Damani finally lets her guard down, Jolene does something unforgivable, setting off an explosive chain of events. A wild, one-sitting read brimming with dark comedy, and piercing social commentary and announcing Priya Guns's feverishly original voice, Your Driver Is Waiting is a crackling send-up of our culture of modern alienation.
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3.5 rounded up.
It has its strong moment and it's definitely relatable at times but it didn't feel like a complete story and the satire aspect felt a little flat for me.
I hate Jolene with a burning passion and I'm feeling conflicted about it and probably not for the reason most people would assume.
This felt like indulging my intrusive thoughts. Kind of terrifyingly chathartic
fast and fun read but left me wanting something more. very accurate portrait of how living as a queer, low income, bipoc person affects you and how all those things are inherently intertwined in a way few who haven't lived it can understand
This book was awful. The plot was nonsensical, the characters were awful and did not behave like real people, and the content was approached with almost no nuance. The first 150 pages were a slog and last 15 were ridiculously annoying. I'm sorry, I hope the author isn't reading this review but I just really hated this. I thought the concept was interesting but again, wasn't handled with any nuance so it did nothing for me.