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urbon_adamsson's review
4.0
Chabouté illustrations have a lot of charm and magic. We forget we're reading a book. Everything plays like a movie in our brain.
I also enjoyed the story. We follow the first hand experience of a man trying to be a taxi driver in New York city.
Fiction and reality get mixed together to the point that is no longer clear which is which.
I also enjoyed the story. We follow the first hand experience of a man trying to be a taxi driver in New York city.
Fiction and reality get mixed together to the point that is no longer clear which is which.
yolka_bookerpillar's review against another edition
4.0
The graphic style is so amazing, I wish there were no text at all. Beautiful and lyric New York portrait.
letsgorodrigo's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
1.5
Great looking artwork, yet not very compelling story
lukerh01's review against another edition
3.0
Yellow Cab follows a French filmmaker who finds himself behind the wheel of a Taxi in NYC. It documents his journey to this job and the people he meets in his cab.
I would say the highlight of this book is the artwork. The black and white thin-lined detailed drawing really added a level of “draft” to the book, that it wasn’t something that was a polished finished copy, and this definitely was working.
However, the story is not terribly impressive. We watch him battle through the registration process only to sit in the front seat, barely get to know any passengers, and just kind of mope the whole time. I was waiting for a moment where he would meet someone in the car and a switch would flip, but this never happened, leaving the expectations, that the book set up, feeling incomplete.
Overall, it was a quick read and if you have time to kill or love great artwork, go for it. But I don’t know that I would actively put money towards picking this one up if you want story over artwork.
**Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an e-ARC of this book.**
I would say the highlight of this book is the artwork. The black and white thin-lined detailed drawing really added a level of “draft” to the book, that it wasn’t something that was a polished finished copy, and this definitely was working.
However, the story is not terribly impressive. We watch him battle through the registration process only to sit in the front seat, barely get to know any passengers, and just kind of mope the whole time. I was waiting for a moment where he would meet someone in the car and a switch would flip, but this never happened, leaving the expectations, that the book set up, feeling incomplete.
Overall, it was a quick read and if you have time to kill or love great artwork, go for it. But I don’t know that I would actively put money towards picking this one up if you want story over artwork.
**Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an e-ARC of this book.**
motokosmos's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
tenthrow's review against another edition
funny
tense
fast-paced
4.5
We are taken on a journey through the back rooms of life. A compelling tale of the struggles and experiences of those that are just a backdrop in our daily stories. This book was a joy to read. The art is supreme and the narrative emotional and compelling. The very definition of a character driven work. Highly recommend to any fan of story and art.
librarymouse's review against another edition
adventurous
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
This was an enjoyable read, and not what I'm used to for Christophe Chabouté. The mix between himself and Benoit Cohen was really interesting and the meta nature of the story telling was engaging
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism and Sexual harassment
Minor: Alcoholism, Gun violence, and Hate crime