Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

40 reviews

chloetremain'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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Xenophobia, Homophobia, and Transphobia

fmt23's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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? Yes

4.0

Come for the L, stay for the BTQ+.

For real, I thought the side characters were a bit more interesting than the main characters

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, Dysphoria, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, Xenophobia, and Mental illness

carefulfearanddeaddevotion's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

6/5 stars. loooooved it. loved the

subway sex

way less, but the book was enjoyable enough that it could be overlooked. was worried at first, bc chapter 1 August was insufferable, but i'm so glad she let her roommates love her. the supporting cast was very fleshed out and three dimensional, which allowed the book to be as immersive as it was. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, and Confinement

Moderate: Xenophobia, Homophobia, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Mental illness

Minor: Alcohol, Abandonment, Deadnaming, Police brutality, and Drug use

baearles's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Alcohol, Xenophobia, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

Minor: Car accident, Grief, Vomit, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia

erinjandacreative's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

This book was pretty darn cute and funny. I definitely laughed out loud at parts. I think it would adapt really well to film or a mini series as a queer rom-com meets sci-fi. There were parts that were romantic clichés or predictable plot points, but I still enjoyed it. It was an easy, lighthearted read.

The tone and many of the cultural references throughout the story very much speak to a Millennial audience. This is definitely one that I would recommend to people in my generation or younger. I could see this being a really impactful story for someone who is discovering their sexuality or gender expression. And for anyone who likes reading romance novels, here is a good one with queer love and plenty of spicy love scenes to titillate. <3 ;)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Racism, and Xenophobia

Minor: Racial slurs

stayontrackbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Xenophobia

Minor: Death and Grief

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

tinyjude's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.25

Very wholesome and full of wonderful characters that completed the story. I fell in love with all of August's flatmates and their partners, because they had weird but interesting personalities and dynamics. I also enjoyed so much August and Jane's relationship, and specially Jane herself (mainly because I admit she is totally my type so I was weak on the knees since second 1) and her story. I am not that keen about the idealization of New York, customer service works with long changing shifts and low wages, and the time travel stuff that ended up being less complex than I imagined; but that's all right. I adored the little moments in which we could get a glimpse of the queer scene in the 70s and some really important historical events for the community.

It is always a pleasure to read about horny sapphics being unabashedly unhinged, loud and proud.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Lesbophobia, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Biphobia, Racism, and Homophobia

hayleyvharrington's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Car accident, Drug use, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Sexual content, Alcohol, Abandonment, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Lesbophobia

jultill's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

I was really looking forward to this book as a fan of "I Kissed Shara Wheeler." Unfortunately, I almost DNF'd. The only reason I kept going was because I invested so much time in it. It was a really cool concept but the more I read the less interested I became. Something about the pacing was off for me, too - it was a bit too long and just dragged on. I wasn't too into any of the characters, either. I saw really great reviews for this book so maybe I'm just missing something :(

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Homophobia, and Xenophobia