If this were a fiction book, my review would state that "Buzz Ride is a sputtering rant with an unlikeable main character". Unfortunately it is a memoir, which makes it all the more dull. Relying more on "witty" humor over substance, this short tome is anything but necessary reading. ( )

Buzz Ride Driven to Disruption Memoirs by an Uber Driver by P. M. White is an interesting book on a current trend in transportation that of an uber driver. White gives in to the voyeur in people by giving a glimpse into the snipers of life while being in the backseat of a car. This is interesting because White is financially successful and doesn't need to pursue this second occupation. But he uses this for his own self discovery as well. An interesting read. ( )

I received a copy of Buzz Ride - Driven to Disruption by P. M. White from The LibraryThing's Early Reviewer program. What an interesting read! It's an account of the author's three month adventures being an Uber driver.
A short, quick read full of anecdotes set in the Chicago area. ( )

BUZZ RIDE by P.M. White is a memoir of White's decision to become a weekend Uber driver in Chicago. Over the course of his three month experience, White develops an alternative personality, called Patrick, who approached being an Uber driver differently from how (Pat) White would probably act. This choice to be a different person feels like White's version of a midlife crisis and his solution is to experience life in new and different ways, mostly vicariously through all of his Uber riders.
There are some funny, some shocking, and some interesting stories that come out of White's three month experiment and the reader gets a better understanding of what life is like as a rideshare driver. Being a financially successful person already, White's drive to make money by driving is minimal, which adds some neat moments to the book but also leaves out feelings of someone just trying to make ends meet by driving.
I enjoyed BUZZ RIDE, but having read other memoirs of everyday people, there was something a little to clinical about this book, like White was writing journal entries to turn in at the end of the semester.
I received a copy of the book as part of the LibraryThing Early Reviewer program. ( )

When you request a book from the Early Reviewers list you are always guessing at what the book is going to be like. I thought this one would be a thoughtful look at what it was like to drive for the ride sharing company, Uber. Boy was I wrong!

What this is is an overage hipster, voyeur detailing the sexual exploits of everyone who stepped into his vehicle for a ride. Badly written and in worst taste. Several housrs of my life that I'll never get back ( )