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3.0
A taxi driver parks in an alley so he can rest after his long shirt, and suddenly his windshield is shattered, and two people run away, leaving him unable to move or make a sound. When a delivery person finds the cabbie later, he calls the police, and the cabbie watches as the police process the scene, thinking that they're checking out the body he believes in in the back seat of the cab.
While all this is happening, the cabbie reminisces about his life, and we see a person who has a family that he loves, but that he also has regrets, like all of us do, about roads not ventured or people not told about their impact.
The twist of the story is easily divined, but the horror is the cabbie's realization of his situation. Author L. Marie Woods then has the unnamed narrator initially want revenge against those who took away all his choices, then eventually come to terms with the things he has done with his life.
It's a thoughtful and sad story, with a wonderfully realized main character.
Thank you to Netgalley and to RDS Publishing for this ARC in exchange for my review.
While all this is happening, the cabbie reminisces about his life, and we see a person who has a family that he loves, but that he also has regrets, like all of us do, about roads not ventured or people not told about their impact.
The twist of the story is easily divined, but the horror is the cabbie's realization of his situation. Author L. Marie Woods then has the unnamed narrator initially want revenge against those who took away all his choices, then eventually come to terms with the things he has done with his life.
It's a thoughtful and sad story, with a wonderfully realized main character.
Thank you to Netgalley and to RDS Publishing for this ARC in exchange for my review.