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A review by coralinejones
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
This book was corny as hell. Some parts were cozy and enjoyable to read; I heavily enjoyed the description of their apartment, and I loved how atmospheric the author made New York City feel. Though, I don't think that's very hard considering... But the rest of it fell flat to me. The idea behind the subway was cool (and all that comes with that) but ended up being repetitive and hard to read after a while (The sex... Jesus. I hated it). There was just too many words. Too many side plots, cringe ass dialogue, white woman humor; I found myself caring less and less about Jane and August's relationship after they slowly got together, which is wild, since the entire book revolves around just that. The plot twist was interesting and unexpected, but again, once we really got into that whole plot line I didn't care so much, I was just waiting for it to be wrapped up.
Definitely a lot better when it was just a found-family, learning-to-love-yourself, learning-how-to-make-friends-in-your-early-20s type of book. I almost wish the entire novel was about Myla and Niko instead of August and Jane, lmao. But, you know, I'm not really into Romance or New Age Adult Fiction or Contemporary fiction to begin with. Eh.
Also some parts were really tone deaf. But I'll give the author some points as you can tell they did their best to research the diversity they included. They did an earnest job at trying to be inclusive and accurate about it but, as someone whose apart of these spaces (Gay, black, trans, even astrology alike) I was really rolling my eyes at certain points. Like ohhhhhhhhhhh brotherrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Definitely a lot better when it was just a found-family, learning-to-love-yourself, learning-how-to-make-friends-in-your-early-20s type of book. I almost wish the entire novel was about Myla and Niko instead of August and Jane, lmao. But, you know, I'm not really into Romance or New Age Adult Fiction or Contemporary fiction to begin with. Eh.
Also some parts were really tone deaf. But I'll give the author some points as you can tell they did their best to research the diversity they included. They did an earnest job at trying to be inclusive and accurate about it but, as someone whose apart of these spaces (Gay, black, trans, even astrology alike) I was really rolling my eyes at certain points. Like ohhhhhhhhhhh brotherrrrrrrrrrrrrr.