Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Your Driver Is Waiting: A Novel by Priya Guns, Priya Guns

15 reviews

platypusinrainboots's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Classism, and Deportation

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

sarah984's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This modern-day reimagining of Taxi Driver blisters right along Damani's wild, self-destructive path, but I felt like it pulled back a little too much in what should have been its biggest moment. Loved the ending, though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Drug use, Self harm, Excrement, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, and Alcohol

thewellreadmrs's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Racism, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, and Classism

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, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

carmxn's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

It was an alright book. After reading the title and summary, I sor  of had a different idea of what the book was going to be like versus what it actually was. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, and Stalking

Minor: Sexual assault, Police brutality, and Deportation