Reviews

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

soccer8s's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

This was a good book.  A couple unexpected twists, great ending!

sarahsshorts's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

Extremely cute and well written. All of the characters were flushed out so well and felt like actual people. Think it would make a fantastic movie. 

It's not a 5 because I felt it was a taaaaaad too long. I absolutely still enjoyed this so much but there were a few times where my interest was waning a bit.

lolurnotcheddar's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced

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

3.75

ryleej13's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

emmah36's review

4.0

4.5- I was very close to giving it five stars because I smiled so much while reading it. Definitely a new favorite.

sarsarsarsarsar's review against another edition

2.0

I LOVED all the queer components and characters of this book (which is the only reason I’m giving it two stars instead of 1 because I think there should be more books centered around the LGBTQ+ community). However, very poorly written. Let me start with saying I was OFTEN confused with who was talking, not because of pronouns, but the way the sentences/paragraphs were structured and lack of character development and voices. About 2/3rds into the book all the characters magically got a personality? I don’t know why that couldn’t have been built up more in the beginning and I think it could have helped.

Also, there’s several points in the story that go into SO much detail, but also times where we are with the characters day in and day out and then medium-sized plot points are just dropped in with a quick “this is important bc of this thing that happened already” - I don’t know why those moments couldn’t be captured in real time and let the reader determine what’s important based on what the narrator spends their time describing.

I wish I stopped reading at the halfway mark because it became such a chore and then the plot got a little ridiculous. So much of the book seems thrown in at random and there are so many plot points tying things together that could just have been left up to the readers imagination. Ultimately, the writing style was basic, the descriptions were confusing, the choices were odd, and the conclusions to plot points were outlandish.

moonsunsof's review against another edition

5.0

This book floored me. I was worried because how could anything follow RWRB right? But while RWRB was queerness and community on a global scale, this was queerness and community on a familial scale. It was so personal and heart-wrenching and hilarious and romantic and i just AH. (also i would die for every single god damn character in here). Yeah, so i essentially loved it and i'm a whore for magical realism AND found family so here we are.

Probably one of my favorite books of the year if not ever.

lorenmarie7's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

sam_antics_bearimy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

ant_reads_books's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

3.0