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A review by sarsarsarsarsar
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
2.0
I LOVED all the queer components and characters of this book (which is the only reason I’m giving it two stars instead of 1 because I think there should be more books centered around the LGBTQ+ community). However, very poorly written. Let me start with saying I was OFTEN confused with who was talking, not because of pronouns, but the way the sentences/paragraphs were structured and lack of character development and voices. About 2/3rds into the book all the characters magically got a personality? I don’t know why that couldn’t have been built up more in the beginning and I think it could have helped.
Also, there’s several points in the story that go into SO much detail, but also times where we are with the characters day in and day out and then medium-sized plot points are just dropped in with a quick “this is important bc of this thing that happened already” - I don’t know why those moments couldn’t be captured in real time and let the reader determine what’s important based on what the narrator spends their time describing.
I wish I stopped reading at the halfway mark because it became such a chore and then the plot got a little ridiculous. So much of the book seems thrown in at random and there are so many plot points tying things together that could just have been left up to the readers imagination. Ultimately, the writing style was basic, the descriptions were confusing, the choices were odd, and the conclusions to plot points were outlandish.
Also, there’s several points in the story that go into SO much detail, but also times where we are with the characters day in and day out and then medium-sized plot points are just dropped in with a quick “this is important bc of this thing that happened already” - I don’t know why those moments couldn’t be captured in real time and let the reader determine what’s important based on what the narrator spends their time describing.
I wish I stopped reading at the halfway mark because it became such a chore and then the plot got a little ridiculous. So much of the book seems thrown in at random and there are so many plot points tying things together that could just have been left up to the readers imagination. Ultimately, the writing style was basic, the descriptions were confusing, the choices were odd, and the conclusions to plot points were outlandish.