Reviews with content warning for Alcohol - One Last Stop

I wanted to like this one so much, but I have to admit I'm pretty disappointed. What I liked most was the mystery - I really wanted to know how Jane got displaced from her time period and how the situation would be resolved. Would Jane go back to the 70s, or stay in the present? I also really loved the side characters - Myla, Niko, Wes, Isaiah, and the even the Billy's crew. But that's where my enjoyment ended.

From hearing people online talk about Jane, I thought I'd fall in love with her; instead I found both August and Jane to be at best boring, at worst annoying. While I was curious about the mystery of whether or not Jane would return to the 70s, I realized I wouldn't have even been upset if the main couple was separated and Jane had gone back to the past. I was more upset about

Billy's potentially closing down,

which had nothing to do with August and Jane's relationship.

There were a few other minor things that also bothered me. I was honestly shocked that August hadn't realized that

Auggie and Jane lived in New Orleans at the same time

despite the fact that August was essentially trained from birth to be a private investigator and investigate Auggie's disappearance. I was also surprised that in the year 2021, no one in the entire relatively intelligent cast (with the exception of Jane, who has an excuse being from the 70s and not familiar with the internet) had considered an online fundraiser when they found out that

Billy's was going to shut down.

In the age of kickstarter and gofundme, I can't believe this wasn't the first response. Though I admit the

drag show fundraiser

was a way cooler idea, an online fundraiser could have still helped raise the rest of the money.

Maybe I'm being too picky. But I have to say I had much higher hopes for this book with the many, many stellar reviews that I saw. It's not bad, but it's definitely overrated. (Though I can't judge too much since I know we're all starved for sapphic content).

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-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

5.0

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magical_sof's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25

I was NOT expecting to like this book so much. I started a couple weeks ago... made it just under half way through and put it down as I felt the story was going slow... I came back to it and finished the second half in one night! The start is SLOWWWWWWW and theres a lot of information thrown at your to keep track of...August, Jane, roommates, Augie... It was difficult to follow and I think the start didn't give Jane nor August any proper development which is why I took sO LONG to pick it back up. The time travelling aspect is okay, I am not a fan of supernatural aspects in book and was more interested in the relationships, romance, friends and characters but I think it was written okay.

BUT the second half is where the relationship really develops, blooms and makes me heart race. Jane, oh Jane, she is perfect. Her character comes through so well in this book and I have a BIG CRUSH on her. August is lovely, and I think her awkwardness makes Janes smoothness all that better. I also didn't realize this book wasn't a young adult (as that's what I usually read) but I got to the steamy parts and... WOW. It wasn't just a paragraph or a page but PAGES and multiple scenes of spicy content! And well written WLW romance at that.

Overall, this books strong points were the characters (main and all the side characters, seriously there's a lot), and although it had a slow start, I enjoyed the ending and how Jane and August's relationship plays out.

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ahopper7's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

This was a slow start for me, but then it picked up and I loved the ride! My favorite part is the ending, that the author carried the story a little further than the norm, which I so appreciated.

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teslis's review

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hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

This is the second book of the year for the bookclub!

In the beginning I really liked it, but then during the middle I didn’t love is as much after talking to a friend about the book. But then later on I liked it again, but (!) the end, I’m sorry but it made me disappointed! I had hope for at least five other ways the book could end on that I thought would be a more real end but it was still interesting to read!

I don’t know why, but I couldn’t picture the characters appearance a lot of the time :( and I mixed up Nico and Was which was annoying!

It was a nice book to read and discuss with friends about! I didn’t love it but it was still a good book!

Took me exactly 11 hours to read!

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adventurous emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.75

I LOVED this book. If you like Casey McQuiston’s other books you’ll like this, but I thought it was even better than Red, White, and Royal Blue. I found it to be much more real and compelling, and the characters were much more relatable to me: they’re capital Q Queer, they’re radicals, they’re service workers, they have mom trauma, etc. This book made me swoon, laugh, cry, and long to go to a drag show.

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nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

2.25

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crykea's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

4.75

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