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Una última parada by Casey McQuiston

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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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savreads28's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense 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? No

5.0

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beckyyreadss's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful 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

3.0

I wanted to read this book as I wanted to read more books from authors I enjoyed over the years. I loved Red, White and Royal Blue and decided to read the next book Casey wrote which was this book. Let me tell you, this book was weird and hurt my head.

This book is based on twenty-three-year-old August and she has just moved to New York and being in this city is supposed to prove to her that magic and cinematic love stories don’t exist. Especially with her working an old diner and being set on a task to find her uncle from the 70s – that's when he was last seen in the city. However, on her way to work she meets a gorgeous girl on the train named Jane. She is dazzling, charming, mysterious and impossible. Jane with her rough edges and swoopy hair and soft smile. August’s subway crush becomes the best part of her day, but pretty soon she discovers there’s one big problem: Jane is displaced in time from the 70s, and August is going to have to use everything she tried to leave in her past to help Jane. Maybe it’s time to start believing in some things after all.

I will start with what i liked during this book. I liked the found family and the friendship, I love that they all practically adopted August from the second she arrived in New York. I love that the people she works with and lives with are looking out for her especially when she doesn’t want to look after herself. There were parts of this book where I related to August, especially with having no clue what to do with your life in your 20s and other times, I wanted to smack her for being so stupid.

I would have loved for this to have been a cute lesbian New York story with finding your way in a big city, but instead the whole stuck on the subway which just make it weird and just unnecessary at times. I didn’t like the whole time-traveling/matrix aspect, I was more interested in the mystery of who she was and where August’s uncle was. Some parts of the book were slow, and it felt like a chore to get through the chapter, and it felt like that for most of the middle of the book, it was only towards the end that I was really interested. I felt like we could have skipped half of the crap in the middle and carried on the end especially with Jane knowing her whole family are alive and she hasn’t seen them since 1970.

This book was a drag, and it took 95% of the book for me to be interested in it and to care about these characters. If you like matrix/time stuck sort of books, this is for you. But the groundhog affect wasn’t for me.

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koobone's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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vireya's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing slow-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

3.5

Per usual for Casey Mcquiston the characters were the stars of the novel. Her world building is alright. Her plot is alright but her characters shine. The book took me a while to get into because I’ve been reading so many fast paced action heavy books recently this was a very different tone. It was lighthearted and sweet. And the cast was wonderful. It wasn’t my favorite book I’ve read recently but it was a good little change of pace

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alexbooksandmore's review against another edition

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funny fast-paced

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

3.25

I kinda looked forward to reading this, but I don't feel completely satisfied with it.
The first half of the book felt really slow and uneventful, and I just wanted to slap a few people. Even the second half didn't really blow my mind, but I like how everything started making sense and finally saw some character growth.
Both MC were okay. They were fun, they had growth, and by the end of the story, they seemed so much more comfortable with themselves, which I adore.

I love the found family trope and how August found some awesome people to have around her. I love the other characters more than the MC...
Of course, the contemporary-si-fi theme was interesting. I wish it was more scientific details... I guess.. idk. But it was an interesting time travel kind of thing.

Another thing that was really uncomfortable for me was how much and intense PDA was happening...

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apileofcranes's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

This is my favorite out of Casey McQuinston's current books. I already like their writing a lot, but at times this book shocked me with how much it took the strong points from their other books and brought them to a new level.
No matter how small, every character seems so vibrant with their own story and interpersonal relationships with not only the main character but everyone else around them, which I feel is rare to find in a character. It makes the city it's set in feel that much more alive, and the plot to save a dying local diner that much more compelling. Add in a dash of magic that blends perfectly with the feeling of being a small part of a big city, an incredible found family, and a heist, and I'm not sure what could top this. And it also managed to make the subway romantic. I can't think of a single critique.
This book is so unapologetically steeped in queerness, both past and present, that it makes me want to cry. The emotional core of the story expertly weaves plotlines and history together in a way that had me sobbing. I loved this book.

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calamitywindpetal's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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thesesusspace's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

This was a great book, but there's only one problem, the book just kind of ended in a weird place.

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montybonty's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? No

4.75

Crying happy lesbian tears as I write this review since I just finished reading (mind my "just finished reading" bias). One Last Stop is such a lovely and wonderful book. It was silly and relatable and emotional and so human. Any serious topic it approached, it did with grace and realness. This is the second Casey McQuinston book I've picked up and then finished within 24 hours. Her writing isn't ever too flowery or too straight forward, and although there were a few times I felt like I was reading a Tumblr interaction in terms of dialogue, it was never not good. If you want a sapphic romance that was written with pride and admiration for queer culture, this is the book for you. I don't care how unrealistic some aspects (aside from the whole stuck in time bit) of this book were, it made me so happy to read queer people living happy in their skin. The actual relationship was really nicely made too and anytime I thought McQuinston was going to pull a trope I didn't like (

like a third act breakup that thank god didn't happen- we love healthy communication

), she would steer it into a much better plot point or conversation. I think I'm rambling at this point but seriously, if you want an upbeat, sapphics are allowed to be happy, queer people are amazing and resilient kind of book, this one is for you.

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