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One Last Stop: Collector's Edition by Casey McQuiston

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haileypassmoree's review against another edition

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2.0

i expected more…but yay another win for sapphics!!

wheredotheducksgo's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

2.0

Painfully mediocre and boring. Ultimately, Casey McQuiston's audience is literally anyone but me. Jane was hot though so that salvaged this a bit.

kaleighreadsbooks's review against another edition

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4.0

3.5 ⭐️

Something was missing in this book. For the life of me I can’t figure out what. Maybe my hopes were too high going into this book or maybe no book can match up to I kissed Shara Wheeler.

To be fair, this was going to be 4 ⭐️ but nothing is remotely romantic about kissing someone so that they can gain memories back of times when they kissed other girls

beccabookworm's review against another edition

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slow-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? Yes

2.5

The pacing was just so slow!

Also, August made me realize that I don’t like when a character, especially the narrator, is too into the love interest. Like, so into them that every other sentence is some over the top stressful, insecure declaration of liking them, especially if they’re trying to knowingly deny it or push it down. I think it’s supposed to be endearing or funny, but it’s just annoying and repetitive.

That said, still a cute story that could’ve just used a lot of paring down.

maddiebeehner's review against another edition

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4.0

screech

madelaide's review against another edition

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2.0

This was one of the most disappointing books I have ever read. For lack of a better word, it was a mess. The premise of the book is interesting, but it felt carelessly written, and numerous plot holes at times ruined my ability to even comprehend what was happening. I reread several paragraphs, and in many cases came to the conclusion that it simply didn't make any sense. August lacked depth, but her characterization was stellar in comparison to Jane's, who didn't even feel like a real person. I didn't appreciate the way she was portrayed to be some sort of representation for the gay rights movements of the seventies. She's a person with a life and a story, not some spokesperson for the LGBT community who has come to whisk August away and educate her about her own community while simultaneously falling in love with her. The mention of Stonewall felt inauthentic, forced, and completely unnecessary. Especially with the roommate group, it honestly felt like McQuiston was throwing in any sort of marginalized identity/struggle for equality that she could come up with in order to get diversity points. I understand she intended to include the found family trope, but it felt forced in more ways than one. The sex scenes on the public subway were borderline sexual misconduct, and the 'kissing practice' trope was painful to read at best. Overall, this book was corny. It was CLEARLY written for an online audience, specifically for BookTok, and it showed. The author's portrayal of lesbian characters was cringeworthy, the plot, as mentioned earlier, was unfinished and not thought through, and the story dragged on for all 400+ pages. The main couple lacked any chemistry whatsoever, to the point where I found myself rooting for a background couple mentioned only in passing over the main characters. I simply did not care how this book ended. It felt empty, forced, and performative. A huge letdown.