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Review of the book of short stories, one day ending, but read many days better.

# Book reviewVolume 6 / 2026: TUKTUK Drivers When the Rickshaws Become a Cosmic Narrative

When we think of the Tuk Tuk (okay, some people may think of Miss Univer Thailand 2015), we think of the flamboyance, the speed, the experience (and sometimes the antiquity) that Ul Pride is trying to create the Ihiva universe as a total of 14 short stories, both funny and satirical, Leela Guan, read and read.

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Easy to read, stress relieved, funny (bad), deadpan. If you like to read You sadly smile in the profile picture, You ghost me every sadtureday night of the Siribhadrachai flag, we think the first volume of Ulster is a parallel universe.

Ul took the human cleft and told Absurd, but it actually has a DNA of observance that others overlook (otherwise everyone could write this).

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What happens if you go to Laser or where the snakes in the latrine come from, why the heartbreaking chai mantra, etc.

Who is bored with traditional books, wants to see the world in a different way, an angle where unreasonableness becomes normal, and an angle that makes us realize that "people should not ignore the sound of other people's hearts," even if the owner of the heart is taking us to the left and right.

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Hopefully this review will be more or less helpful to readers.

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P.S. This book doesn't have a bookmark because it can be read continuously, but one of the things that people can read is the English words that are interpolated, and it depends on the reader.

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TUKTUK Drivers

Write: Pride. Be confident.

Pine: Avocado Books

Literary Section, Short Story

176 Pages / 200 Baht

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# Read according to lemon8 # Stress relief # Short story # Funny

2/22 Edited to

... Read moreถ้าใครเสิร์ชชื่อ “ภาคภูมิ จงมั่นวัฒนา” หรือ “น้อง cherry tuktuk” แล้วลังเลว่า TUKTUK Drivers เป็นแนวไหนกันแน่ เราอยากเล่ามุมที่ช่วยตัดสินใจได้ไวขึ้นค่ะ (แบบไม่สปอยล์หนัก) อย่างแรกที่สัมผัสได้เลยคือ “โทน” ของเล่มนี้เป็นเรื่องสั้นอิหยังวะ/absurd ที่ตั้งใจให้คนอ่านขำแบบหน้าตาย และขำแบบแอบเจ็บ เพราะมันเสียดสีพฤติกรรมมนุษย์อยู่ตลอด แต่ไม่ได้เทศนา ตลกมาก่อนแล้วค่อยทิ้งคำถามไว้ทีหลัง จุดเด่นคืออ่านง่าย ไหลลื่น แต่ละเรื่องเหมือนขับรถตุ๊กตุ๊กซิ่งๆ พาเราเลี้ยวออกนอกตรรกะเป็นพักๆ แล้วก็หักมุมแบบกวนๆ เรื่องที่หลายคนถามถึงอย่าง “น้อง cherry tuktuk” (ถ้าเจอผ่านๆ ในโซเชียลอาจนึกว่าเป็นคอนเทนต์น่ารัก) พอมาอยู่ในจักรวาลนี้มันจะกลายเป็นส่วนผสมของความน่ารักกับความปั่นที่ทำให้เราเผลอคิดต่อว่า ทำไมคนเราถึงชอบอินกับอะไรแปลกๆ และทำไมเรื่องเล็กๆ ถึงสะท้อนความรู้สึกใหญ่ๆ ได้ ซึ่งนี่เป็นสไตล์ที่เราว่าภาคภูมิ จงมั่นวัฒนาเก่งมาก: เอาของใกล้ตัว/วัฒนธรรมอย่าง “รถตุ๊กตุ๊ก” มาขยายจนเป็นเรื่องเล่าระดับจักรวาลได้จริง ถ้าถามว่าเหมาะกับใคร เราว่าเหมาะกับคนที่ - เบื่อพล็อตตรงๆ อยากอ่านอะไรที่ “ไม่สมเหตุสมผลแบบตั้งใจ” - ชอบเรื่องสั้นที่จบไว แต่มีรสเสียดสีติดปาก - อยากได้เล่มคลายเครียด อ่านคั่นเวลารถติด/ก่อนนอน (แต่ระวังเพลินเกิน) อีกอย่างที่เราชอบคือในเล่มจะมีคำอังกฤษแทรกเป็นระยะๆ ไม่ได้ยากจนอ่านไม่รู้เรื่อง แต่ทำให้บรรยากาศมันกวนและร่วมสมัยขึ้น ใครชอบตามเก็บศัพท์ก็สนุกเพิ่ม แต่ถ้าไม่ตามก็อ่านรู้เรื่องอยู่ดี ทริคส่วนตัวตอนอ่าน: เราอ่านทีละ 1–2 เรื่องแล้วพัก เพราะบางเรื่องมันเหมือนมุกแห้งที่ต้องมีจังหวะให้ตกตะกอน จะยิ่งขำ (และยิ่งเจ็บ) มากกว่าอ่านรวดเดียวทั้งหมด และถ้าใครกำลังเลือกซื้อ เรามองว่าเล่มนี้คุ้มตรงที่ได้ 14 เรื่องสั้นหลากรส—บางเรื่องขำชัด บางเรื่องจะขำแบบ “เอ๊ะ ทำไมมันจริง” สรุปสำหรับเรา TUKTUK Drivers คือเล่มที่เหมาะกับการเปิดโลกเรื่องสั้นแนวอิหยังวะของภาคภูมิ จงมั่นวัฒนา อ่านเพลิน คลายเครียด และทิ้งประโยคให้คิดต่อเรื่องการ “ฟังหัวใจคนอื่น” แบบไม่ต้องทำหน้าจริงจังเลย

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