One Last Stop
Ratings223
Average rating3.9
So I did like this book and thought it was good and 100% recommend it and blah blah blah but I've just been thinking about it the past few days and I don't love it as much as I did when I first finished it? I think Jane was very manic pixie dream girl and I just didn't love that. So yeah, I dropped a star.
Great concept, interesting characters, but this book is just too long for what it is. Cut off about 150 pages and i'd be happy.
I feel like I overuse the word “delightful” in reviews, but this book was just delightful (and excellent to read during Pride, with its flashbacks to queer history, including a lot that I didn't know before.) I loved the found family of August's roommates and the background slow-burn love story between Wes and Isaiah. Perfect summer reading that makes me want to be 23 and living on my own for the first time again (except not really, just reading about it is fine.)
(2021 Summer Romance Bingo: tattoos, would also work for construction, friends to lovers, holiday that's not Christmas, or wardrobe malfunction)
This book is quirky and adorable and wholesome and many other things that would always have made me like it, but it also tells a variety of stories that are so incredibly important. The celebration of chosen family and the wonderful differences that span the human experience was so, so beautiful.
I came for the author of Red, White, and Royal Blue and the cute lesbian relationship, and I stayed for the whole sparkly cast of LGBTQ+ characters who shine in all of their own ways. So many of the characters could have been two-dimensional set pieces, but they weren't. This novel has so much life and celebration of community and queerness and belonging and love in all of its forms. I felt a lot of things while reading this, and in a way I felt like I sort of found a little piece of a home with its cast. Even though it was in NYC, where I have sworn I will never live. (My sister was in Flatbush for a little while and visiting was fun but I would not have wanted to stay.)
Anyway. I have no more words. I loved this book. It will now live in a chamber of my heart, where I will feed it with kind thoughts and fond memories and the occasional re-read.
I don't know. Maybe I read this at the wrong time. I usually love supernatural mystery stories but this didn't hook me until the last third. Maybe I'll come back to it one day and love it but for now 3.5.
some enjoyable elements but ultimately too bloated, too poorly-paced, and too cringe.
That's one is very not my cup of tea. I was bored most of the book. To tell you the truth, I even don't know why I finished it.
read for the queer romance readathon 2022: f/f romance
i did have a fun time reading this but unfortunately in the past 2 days since i finished this i've already forgotten most of this. this book had so many plotlines i think none of them were really as fleshed out as i wanted them to be. i also felt like the romance was really one sided which made me big sad. i enjoyed the characters and all the connections to the diner were so fun too ofc the lgbtq+ rep was amazing but the actual plot and romance just wasn't.
This book is so special. It's soft and full of heart. It's full of love and growing friendships. It's about finding your family in more than one way. When Casey tweeted about a queer Kate & Leopold I was on board. I fully intend to read [b:Red, White & Royal Blue 41150487 Red, White & Royal Blue Casey McQuiston https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1566742512l/41150487.SY75.jpg 61657690] but when I got approved for an arc by St. Martin's Press (thank you!) it became one of the books I wanted to prioritize reading. Reading this book I finished it feeling so comforted and my heart is so full. _________initial reaction at book announcement:okay but 1. the age range of the characters I AM HERE FOR IT 2. A BUTCH CHARACTER MY HEART SIMPLY CANNOT TAKE ITcasey I am just not prepared
I did enjoy this one because most of the characters are delightful and the story is intriguing, but this was a mystery/romance/heist novel with a twist of fantasy that isn't satisfyingly any of those. But still fun and well-written.
“Maybe I don't know what fills it in yet, but I can look at the space around where I sit in the world, what creates that shape, and I can care about what it's made of, if it's good, if it hurts anyone, it makes people happy, if it makes me happy. And that can be enough for now.”
Unlike the majority in the book world, I was not impressed with McQuiston's first book (quite the contrary) and found this one much better. The romantic leads and side characters were not unlikeable, and the plot was reasonably engaging. There was a bit of a pacing issue in the book's first part, but it luckily picked up in the second half. I wasn't entirely convinced with the romance because there were not enough hints about August's feelings being reciprocated until quite late into the plot and the whole thing felt a little too one-sided, but I didn't have a bad time with this overall.
Sci-fi queer romance book? Yes, please. This was lovely and so sweet. I loved the hat tips to the foundations of queerness—hints of stonewall, and how far queerness has come—and the juxtaposition to the modern day. And, of course, Jane. Sweet Jane. ❤️
Books, Coffee & Passion
August was a college student that just moved to New York, she was a loner and she was trying to make it on her own. She got a job and she managed to get a room in an apartment with three other roomates. The story truly begins to unfold when she meets a mysterious, gorgeous girl on the subway and can't stop thinking about her.
August was a very sweet character, really smart – her detective moments were so enjoyable. I liked her relationship, with its ups and downs, with her mom. It felt realistic. Her character growth was wonderful, the way she got more confortable with herself and how she connected with her roommates and Jane was genuinely entertaining.
Jane was very hot, very cool with her punk rock style and very, very interesting. I devoured the glimpses we got of her life, the 70s music, her life as a biracial lesbian in the 70s, etc. I think she was the most interesting character, so I wanted more of Jane at some moments. Considering her location, I get it was hard to have her on page as much as August but, regardless, I definitely wanted more of her.
I loved August and Jane together and I loved the found family aspect in this story too. AMAZING. The secondary characters stole my heart: Myla, Niko and Wes were EVERYTHING! I loved their interactions, loved their friendship, loved their relationships, loved them! I laughed a lot while listening to the audiobook.
Overall, One Last Stop felt unique, creative and refreshing. The scifi element in this book was very well done. However, the pacing was off at times, it felt like the book dragged for a bit especially at the beginning. Fortunately, it got better in the second half of the book and I still enjoyed it a lot. I wish we got a glimpse into the future of August and Jane's relationship, it would've wrap up the story much better.
A solid and lovely read. The writing is great, I can only dream to write half as good as this this. I loved all of the characters, August, Jane, August's roommates, coworkers, and her neighbor (her found family). And I loved the story, its such a fun and wild premise. This was funny, dramatic, and romantic. I didn't give it a full 5 stars because there were many points where I felt the book was going on for too long, some parts I skimmed because it didn't interest me but that's just a “it's me not you thing”. Casey McQuinston is a good writer and story teller, I hope this book becomes a graphic novel, it just feels like it would be beautiful to look in a visual medium.
I ll start with a suggestion, even if you've read this book, go find the audiobook and enjoy Natalie Naudus, narrate it. Enjoy the voices, the sensation, everything!
And now the story, I am not sure what is not to love in this book. How is written, the story, the characters, even the second characters have a story to follow and are interesting. I loved this book, beginning to ending. I loved the idea behind it, the how everyone blends and the love, the love that makes you do a thousand things for the ones you love.
Yes, I ve read about the controversial issues about the book, but truly they don't even count across the way that this book is written.
One Last Stop is part romance, part mystery and part something almost but not quite time travel. The characters are likable, and if you want a cute young (20somethings) sapphic love story I'm going to make a bet you'll enjoy this. I understand the hype.
I liked it, didn't love it. It's a “me, not you” thing. I'm not a fan or intertwining love stories with elements of speculative fiction at this level... It's like the love story loses some of its “realness”. Just a bit.
WORDS CANT EVEN EXPLAIN HOW I FEEL RIGHT NOW!
This is a new favorite. 100% I loved everything about this book. The queer/lgbtqia+ rep, the plot, THE CHARACTERS OH GOD THE CHARACTERS. Jane, niko, & myla have my heart. This is only the second book that has made me cry, i'll definitely have to re-read it soon!
3,5/5⭐️
Dit boek was echt heel erg schattig! Het verhaal van August en Jane is echt een heel leuk verhaal en raadt het iedereen aan om het te lezen. Ik vond het heel leuk dat ze gingen oplossen hoe ze Jane uit de Q-lijn gingen krijgen. Ook leuk dat je meerdere mensen leerde kennen in August haar leven. De schrijfstijl van Casey is ook erg fijn.
Soms lag ik ook helemaal in een deuk door uitspraken van karakters (vooral Nico).
Kortom, dit is echt een boek wat je moet lezen!
Finished with a lot of zooming! I liked this book slightly more than [b:Red, White & Royal Blue 41150487 Red, White & Royal Blue Casey McQuiston https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1566742512l/41150487.SY75.jpg 61657690]. The concept and the characters were lovely, but I think I was struggling with the writing. A lot more swearing than I'd like personally (is it just me?), but familiar feelings and things/items to make the story a whole lot more relatable.