Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

116 reviews

audreyloopy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book wins many many points for making me wax nostalgic about my own 20s spent riding subways in Brooklyn and making up stories for my fellow passengers.

Also Casey McQuiston writes hilarious, warm, and beautifully flawed characters that I want to be friends with.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, and Police brutality

gm_vak's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

denwluv's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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? It's complicated

4.5

i basically read this book in one day and it was great! A little hard to read at the beginning but it sure did pick up after a couple of chapters!

the sci-fi twist was something i did not see coming. maybe i’m dumb and did not truly see it coming but i loved it! it was a great twist and made me more interested into the story. seeing august and janes love story throughout the book and the slow burn was everything and more to me! I hope to read more of McQuinston’s works in the future and this book was a great queer love story that i loved!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Police brutality, and Grief

Minor: Vomit

cleo_wylde's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.75

Oh my heart! I feel all warm and fuzzy and delighted after reading this. What a creative plotline, and it's so incredible to read a book where queer and trans people are thriving and building community. I was surprised by the supernatural/urban fantasy element but I loved it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Police brutality, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Outing

emmaward55's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

I need a pretty girl to hold me whilst I emotionally recover from this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content

Moderate: Grief and Alcohol

Minor: Confinement, Drug use, Homophobia, Racism, Vomit, Police brutality, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

Re: Confinement

A character is trapped on a subway line. They're able to be in different cars, trains and even directly on the tracks, but that's the limit of their freedom. It's a significant part of the book, but it's never written in a claustrophobic way. The characters talk about it as an obstacle to overcome. There is no fear or anxiety that comes from having limited space. Some of the book is set underground, but again it's not written to be distressing.

make_believer's review against another edition

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

5.0

This book is everything I have ever wanted. The dialogue, the setting, the romance, the found family, everything about this book. It is beautiful, and it is sad, and it feels very real despite the time travel aspect. I think that is one of the reasons that this book works so well. It is asking you to believe that a woman could get stuck on a train for 45 years, but that is also the least interesting thing about Jane. It’s fascinating, but what is more important is Jane’s story, and August’s story, and the effect that they all have on the people around them. This book is at times heartbreaking, and at times hilarious, and sometimes it is both at the same time. I truly cannot recommend it enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Drug use and Alcohol

larissamusy's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Police brutality, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

haileysouva's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

I didn't like that one scene where there was a homophobic and racist old man and Jane was talking about it, and August said that people aren't like that anymore, because it's not true, and people are still very racist and homophobic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Sexual content

Moderate: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Police brutality

charliepryounger's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Police brutality, Lesbophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

yvonne_cl's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Car accident, Lesbophobia, and Abandonment