Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Una última parada by Casey McQuiston

17 reviews

rainbowrocky's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

My final thoughts on the book are: fun concept, cute characters, dull execution. The beginning was soooo slow but the ending was really good. It took me a year to read this and usually that’s not a good sign for me lol. I feel like I knew the friends better than the love interest August is supposedly bending space and time for to be in love with. Don’t get me wrong, I love found family and I enjoyed seeing them interact, but shouldn’t we know more about Jane? Like we find out about her past, but as a person her character fell a little flat for me. And I found August’s hero complex a touch annoying and fell into the white savior trope a little too hard. I also didn’t care for the “save the diner” side plot (you mean to tell me August is suddenly sad for a place she barely shows up to for work?), but the “find her uncle that’s been missing since the 70s” side plot worked really well for both August’s narrative and Jane’s. I enjoyed McQuiston’s lyrical writing style, especially for the spicy scenes, and how they do dialogue. Overall 4/5 stars. Probably won’t ever read again but I will keep my book cause it’s cute.

Edit: You know what I think this novel needs? Jane's POV. If we had a dual POV with Jane and August, I think it would have been so much better. We could have seen her flashbacks instead of just being told about them through August's eyes. That would have been so much better and maybe getting her inner thoughts about how she feels about August wouldn't make the romance so one-sided for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Death, Abandonment, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Confinement, Child abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, Cursing, Hate crime, and Racism

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Blood, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

dragon_s_hoard's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Grief

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Car accident, Drug use, Alcohol, Death, Abandonment, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Addiction, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Classism, Colonisation, Racial slurs, and Terminal illness

chris_reads's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol and Classism

Minor: Drug use, Hate crime, and Homophobia

kappafrog's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

4.0

I really loved this book. The writing was great, the cast of characters sparkled off the page, and the mysteries were really fun with a slow build to unraveling them all. I loved the steamy romance. This book made me feel more confident as a queer woman. It made it easier to imagine a community and I loved the found family. I was totally absorbed while I was reading it and while I had a few quibbles, overall I found it a wonderful world to escape into with a fresh and fun concept.

Edit: dropping my review from 4.5 to 4. When the excitement of being in the story has worn off I have a few more criticisms of some of the racial dynamics in the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Classism, Drug use, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Grief, Death, Hate crime, Police brutality, Alcohol, Cultural appropriation, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Medical content, Medical trauma, Racism, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Death of parent, Blood, Vomit, and Misogyny

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? Yes

4.5

 Started reading this on the subway during my last minute solo trip to New York, which felt apt. Also, definitely missed my stop.

4.5 something about the way CMQ writes 20-something characters having existential and identity crises has been really hitting these days (┬┬﹏┬┬) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Homophobia

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Biphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Hate crime, Racism, Transphobia, Drug use, Grief, Car accident, Confinement, Fatphobia, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Classism

the_true_monroe's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

I am wary of books and movies that play around with the concept of time as they can either make me very disappointed and frustrated or they can intrigue and excite me- the former is occurs more often. This book though was the latter! I have so many unanswered questions and some confusion though that I probably will think about for so long. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Abandonment

Moderate: Car accident, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Homophobia, Death, Grief, Hate crime, and Alcohol

Minor: Police brutality, Racism, Transphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Violence, War, Lesbophobia, Vomit, Excrement, Animal death, Drug use, and Classism

amberinpieces's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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: Sexual content and Cursing

Moderate: Alcohol, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia

Minor: Racism, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Transphobia, Vomit, Blood, Car accident, Alcoholism, Grief, Classism, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Biphobia

immovabletype's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.25

I started this book three months ago, at what would turn out to be the tail end of a long-ass reading slump, and that's a shame because it deserves to be read in one fell swoop, not me picking it up where I left off having forgotten details. so I'd like to reread it someday and take it all in at once. this felt much more grounded to me than McQuiston's first book, Red, White & Royal Blue (which was something I complained about at the time in my review of the ARC), which is kind of funny because that one was ostensibly grounded in reality while this one has time travel. but I'm really glad because it serves the novel very well, and McQuiston is good at grounded versus the overwrought antics of RWRB (there's a bit of that in here but it's minimally used for humor, as it should be, not leading the story). this is what all romance novels should strive to be, and I say that as someone who enjoys romance. so fully realized that the romance serves the characters instead of the other way around.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cursing, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Classism, Drug use, Grief, and Death

Minor: Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Hate crime

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

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