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One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

98 reviews

onemamareads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexism

Minor: Hate crime

ellythequeen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing 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

4.0

The plot and the characters were*chef's kiss*, the pacing 👎 and the main roma-  nce meh. August was really annoying for the first half of this book but she turned out alright! Jane was good representation but one-dimensional af.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Violence, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death and Transphobia

cornustella's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring fast-paced

5.0

Casey McQuiston has once again made my sad lesbian heart happy once again. The fact that this one was wlw made it even more relatable (for me) than Red White & Royal Blue - both are amazing though. Also, I've finally found someone I can use to describe my type, because It's literally Jane.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Sexual content

Moderate: Racism and Violence

Minor: Cursing, Car accident, and Alcohol

cutepatzie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective 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? No

4.25

Love how this book shows how amazing is a queer community, I did not expect that the book about time traveling will be interesting. But it is. I love some of the characters. But I wish the ending was a bit darker, but overall it's still a good book and very informative.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Lesbophobia, and Classism

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Police brutality, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

anielabooks's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

3.75

It took me quite long to finish this book because, although it was relatively short, it was slow paced and had long chapters. However, I still enjoyed this book and the writing style Casey McQuinston used. The cast of characters was very diverse, which I loved, and they were portrayed in a very real and respectful way. I was recommended this book by a friend and I am glad I read it because I am always down to expand my TBR with sapphic books. I felt satisfied with the ending, and it really made the book for me. The only reason I rated it less than 4 stars is because I am not a big fan of slow paced books (just my personal taste). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, and Abandonment

Minor: Biphobia, Violence, Vomit, Car accident, Lesbophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

chantellimus's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Transphobia, Violence, Police brutality, Antisemitism, and Car accident

eamily's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Racism, Transphobia, Blood, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

clemrain's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

One Last Stop is a simple sci-fi romance stuffed with quirky characters with small supernatural elements.

Good and interesting characters that don't bore because they're new (even thought they follow character tropes, they aren’t underwhelming). I’m rooting for all of them and I like their dynamics a lot. They’re a found family.

I found the main couple a bit boring unfortunately. They seemed to be the only characters I hoped more from. I guess it was hard for me to understand their struggles.

The story involves queerness past just the romance. It discusses queer history and shows it through the perspective of a character that has lived through some of the worst of it. It gets emotional and heavy.

I’m not a huge fan of the writing in this book. Millennial new adult book humour and dialogue is not my personal favourite. Some of the romantic sap got a bit too repetitive, corny, and just overall didn’t work for me. Some, however, did. It’s a mixed bag. The descriptions are vivid, engaging the senses. It’s the dialogue that didn’t work for me.

This book is nsfw and has some graphic sex scenes. I was not expecting this especially having reading Red, White and Royal Blue which was was not nearly as explicit. However, props to Casey. That is how the lesbians are doing it.

I was expecting a different ending. But it’s not a terrible ending.

Exactly what you’d expect from a romance. Gays deserve happy endings!! Jane and August got theirs. Either way, I was waiting for it to end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcoholism, Death, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, and Classism

annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

August's roommates were my favorite part, i love the found family trope, which made me a little disappointed with their brief plot line resolutions, but other than that i enjoyed the plot and was satisfied with the ending. i appreciated the writing, it's improved from their debut Red, White & Royal Blue. i was extremely uncomfortable during the public sex scene 😬. 4⅜ stars
cover design review: ★★☆☆☆. yikes, it's just overwhelming. let's count the different typefaces: author name (1), bestselling author (2), title (3), "a novel" (4), Q line symbol (5), and tagline (6). all the different colors, three shades of purplish pink that don't go well together, the "S" is higher than the "TOP" in "STOP", Jane's posture looks stiff and unnatural, just very disappointing. the Spanish edition is gorgeous 😭 and the Portuguese edition is good too, love the art style and the easter eggs from the story but i think the character design is somewhat juvenile

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Grief, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Violence, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

hannahrogers's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Biphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Violence, and Lesbophobia