Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

306 reviews

koobone's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Xenophobia, Police brutality, and Fire/Fire injury

joensign's review against another edition

emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual content, and Abandonment

Minor: Hate crime, Grief, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

zoeblair17's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-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? No

4.0

Fun premise & a whole cast of characters which are written as whole people - loved it! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Grief

thesesusspace'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? 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcoholism

montybonty's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Deadnaming, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

k1313's review against another edition

emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Transphobia, Police brutality, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

esophagus18's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

dragon_s_hoard's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Grief

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Lesbophobia, Colonisation, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

sundayfever's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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? Yes

3.0

Lent it to someone else so it took longer to finish. A steamy and light romance read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Sexual content

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Hate crime

chris_reads's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Dysphoria

Moderate: Alcohol and Classism

Minor: Drug use, Hate crime, and Homophobia