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One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

171 reviews

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad 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

3.0

I don’t know how to feel about a sci-fi romance like this, if I’m being honest. The premise felt unrealistic and a bit difficult to wrap my head around with all the space time continuum stuff going on but the characters are beautifully written, unique, and loveable as all hell. The love stories are sweet & strong. The found family in this book is so genuine and real. I just wish the main thread of the story wasn’t about traveling through time. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Classism, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Transphobia, Police brutality, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Biphobia, and Bullying

eleek0609's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Sexual content, Grief, Alcohol, Cursing, and Hate crime

Moderate: Dementia and Death of parent

Minor: Car accident and Fire/Fire injury

kalmia31's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Alcohol, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Transphobia, Biphobia, Religious bigotry, Addiction, and Death

ellelockley's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

August moves to NYC believing that magic and cinematic love stories don't exist but then she meets Jane on the subway. However theres one big problem, Jane is displaced in time from the 1970s. I did really enjoy this book, and I love all the characters so much, especially Myla, Niko and Wes. They added so much to this book. August and Biyu are now one of my favourite couples in literature. It was so well written and intriguing. I only have two issues with it, firstly the chapters are excessively long, I'm sorry but 40 pages a chapter is too long. And secondly the ending, for me, was only happy for August.

Biyu left her entire life behind and she was just supposed to move on? I think it would've been a better ending if she'd gone back to 1977.

> I'd recommend this book to anyone who loves romance that's not easy and comes with mystery.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, and Hate crime

Moderate: Xenophobia, Biphobia, Homophobia, Racism, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Car accident

kaetheluise_nckl's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Mental illness, Hate crime, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Racism, Transphobia, Police brutality, Homophobia, and Blood

semi-public sex, exploration of depression and anxiety, memory loss and cognitive issues, familial estrangement, familial death, missing persons, implied PTSD, Homophobic violence and hate speech, the AIDS crisis, childhood neglect, arson

its2early4this's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? Yes

4.5

I'm not sure if I've read a book with such a diverse cast before. If so, this one is still pretty high up there. Gay men, lesbians, at least one bisexual and pansexual person each, at least one trans person, multiple drag queens, mentions of non-binary people and gender non-conformity in general, lots of POC. All-in-all, that aspect of the book is fantastic. While the romance is a major point of the book, it didn't feel like THE focal point, which I enjoyed. I would say that, really, this book was about finding yourself, finding a place to belong, and found family. Equal parts sad and inspiring. I don't have much of anything negative to say about this book. I suppose the pacing felt odd in some places, but that could be because I had to return it mid-read due to holds, and wait to finish it. All-in-all, very worth the read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Hate crime, Alcohol, Homophobia, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Classism, Death of parent, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Addiction

nehanaomi's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Sexual content, Cursing, and Drug use

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Vomit, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Car accident, Death, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

mxbluet18's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted sad tense 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? No

5.0

Trigger warnings for One Last Stop include: drinking, drug use, sexual content, discussion of depression and anxiety; memory loss and cognitive issues; familial estrangement; familial death; grief, missing persons; and implied PTSD. As well as mentions of past homophobic violence; hate speech and hate crimes; police violence; the AIDS crisis; childhood neglect; racism, arson.
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When I started this book, I didn't really know what to make of it. I couldn't really get involved with the characters, and I couldn't find anything I was going to enjoy about it. Things changed once Jane was introduced, I definitely became more interested in it.
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One thing that I wasn't so keen on with this book is the sexually explicit scenes. And I agree that books can have those things, and that they are appropriate to be in books, it's just not something I like in my books. That being said, this is a new adult fiction book, so the characters are older and so those things are going to be more common.
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This book also was a really nice example of the found family trope. The way Niko, Wes and Myla all fit together, and then how August and eventually Jane slot into that family. And how the fact that Myla and Niko are dating doesn't take away from the family
And when Wes has insecurities and anxieties about when they get married and how he'll fit into that plan, they help to assuage those doubts.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Violence, Sexual content, Death of parent, Hate crime, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Alcohol, Grief, and Drug use

Minor: Mental illness

sarah_cameron's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Okay I really loved this book

It was incredibly tender and sweet. A slowburn, gorgeously written epic-romance, and damn I have never believed in soulmates more

McQuiston has a way of making a story both simple and complicated and just so real. I loved RW&RB because I could escape into this other world where life changing politics and romances were possible, but I loved this book because it was so genuine. Despite the sci-fi element, it was so grounded in real emotions and experiences and reactions and relationships and found family that just seemed true and relatable and cathartic and I’m so jealous of anyone who gets to read this book for the first time

It was weirdly healing, and just gahhh

There are also a number of topics tackled realistically but in a gentle way that, despite the historical (and residual and current) trauma, are handled carefully and in a way that leaves you optimistic. Within this, I would note CWs for homophobia, hate crimes, racism, and fire injury/death

Finally, the secondary characters are so vibrant and well fleshed out and queer and just wonderful. I love the community they form and their relationship to our protagonist but also to so many other people and places, and they really do add to the story and the warm feeling you get every time you pick it up

Basically, please read this book. It’s the epic sapphic romance we all deserve, and I can’t wait to read more from McQuiston in the future

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Biphobia, Lesbophobia, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, Death, Vomit, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, and Alcoholism

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny relaxing 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? Yes

3.0

This was a really cute idea, but the writing style is a little to tell-instead-of-show for me. It also felt kind of long. But I can see why people would really like it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Confinement, Abandonment, Death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Car accident, Grief, Classism, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Lesbophobia and Police brutality

Recommended for people who like their sexy scenes loooooong.