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One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

79 reviews

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: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Hate crime, and Violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

ari_is_tired's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.25

This book is aggressively queer in the best way; there is a love letter here to the community that springs up wherever it can grow, whether through kindness or adversity, and it's amazing to see. The characters are grounded and real despite the time travel aspect, and it doesn't shy away from the consequences of that either. I normally find romance novels of this length to be a bit much, but I tore through this book and despite the satisfying epilogue still found myself with post-novel depression. An absolute must-read for queer romance, honestly.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol and Cursing

Minor: Homophobia, Police brutality, Violence, Abandonment, and Racism

diadoodle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Violence

tangleroot_eli's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

A very sweet love story about young New York disaster queers. The dialogue sparkles; the characters are interesting and well-drawn; and I personally appreciate how much is happening in most of the characters' lives: even the romantic leads have more going on than just dealing with their love lives.

A lot of things about the book don't stand up to Fridge Logic. You sort of accept them as you read, but the instant you put the book down and start doing something else, your brain tells you all the things that don't make sense about what you've just read. Initially I found this incredibly annoying. After a while, though, the story became so engrossing that I stopped noticing. But those things are definitely still there, so caveat lector if that'll bug you no matter how sweet the love story is.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Death, Alcohol, Sexual content, Racism, Lesbophobia, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Violence, Vomit, Pregnancy, Blood, Police brutality, and Car accident

mrmarshall591's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious tense 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

I am wary of books and movies that play around with the concept of time as they can either make me very disappointed and frustrated or they can intrigue and excite me- the former is occurs more often. This book though was the latter! I have so many unanswered questions and some confusion though that I probably will think about for so long. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Abandonment

Moderate: Car accident, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Homophobia, Death, Grief, Hate crime, and Alcohol

Minor: Police brutality, Racism, Transphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Violence, War, Lesbophobia, Vomit, Excrement, Animal death, Drug use, and Classism

bg_oseman_fan's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

This was an incredible read. it really felt like a love story to 70’s queer history told in a way that brings it to the present. Casey’s characters are always people you want to root for, regardless of what is going on. She also managed to make it feel like we inhabited all the place in the story and befriended all of the characters. A really fun read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Hate crime, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, and Violence

Minor: Lesbophobia, Sexism, Xenophobia, Confinement, Grief, Misogyny, Racism, Abandonment, Alcohol, Child abuse, Cursing, and Racial slurs

astralfeline's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Violence, Homophobia, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, and Police brutality

dojipengin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Grief, Violence, Abandonment, and Racism

Minor: Transphobia, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Vomit

marywahlmeierbracciano's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

Chubby femme bisexual from Louisiana meets effortlessly cool butch Chinese American, except the latter is from the 1970s and is stuck on the subway.  Both August and Jane have bounced around the country looking for a home (and an identity), only to meet in New York in what should have been impossible circumstances.  August had an unconventional childhood surrounded by a neverending investigation into a missing relative, and Jane survived the violence against queer people as a revolutionary in the gay liberation movement.  Of course they fall in love.  With a very diverse cast of characters and a race to save a neighborhood landmark, One Last Stop explores community and queer magic in more ways than one. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Death, Grief, Violence, Lesbophobia, and Racism

Minor: Car accident, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, and Hate crime

eggbreadcryptid's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Homophobia and Violence