Reviews tagging 'Lesbophobia'

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

217 reviews

abby_can_read's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

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While I had a good time reading this book, it's not one of my favorites. August and Jane were cute, but I liked August's friends turned found family more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Hate crime, and Racism

Minor: Car accident, Lesbophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

ktjames1908's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

Under 'content warnings' I've listed 'sexual harassment' - this applies to a scene where two characters engage in sexual acts in public/around non-consenting people.

thebookishowl4's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism

nakole's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.5

𝓞𝓷𝓮 𝓛𝓪𝓼𝓽 𝓢𝓽𝓸𝓹
By: Casey McQuiston
Contemporary LGBTQ+ Romance

𝒪𝓋𝑒𝓇𝒶𝓁𝓁: 4.5/5
𝒮𝓅𝒾𝒸𝑒: 4/5

𝑅𝑒𝓋𝒾𝑒𝓌: This shit is so cute. Literally fucking giggling out loud, dying on the floor of laughter, and kicking my feet. Honestly, I love that most of the characters are members of the LGBTQIA+ community. It’s nice to read something different than what seems to be the typical. It was so funny and lighthearted but also made me feel all the feels. All the characters are amazing. I feel Noodle the Poodle deserves to be mentioned. The lovely drag queen Annie Depressant also deserves a mention here because honestly the name is enough.

𝒜 𝐹𝒶𝓋𝑜𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒 𝒬𝓊𝑜𝓉𝑒: “Coffee girl” - Jane “Subway Girl” - August

𝒯𝓇𝑜𝓅𝑒𝓈: Insta-Love; Time Travel; Amnesia; Found Family; Meet Cute

𝒯𝓇𝒾𝑔𝑔𝑒𝓇 𝒲𝒶𝓇𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈: Sexual Content (consensual); homophobia/Lesbophobia (mentioned); Alcohol use; drug use; hate crime (mentioned); Police brutality (mentioned); Body Dysphoria

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Grief, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Hate crime, Violence, Police brutality, and Dysphoria

apirlroge's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Death and Violence

matmatmatty's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious tense slow-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

I was really on the fence about this when I first started but my god, I loved this.

This is the story of August - a student who moves to New York for a new start in a new city and Jane - the girl she meets one day on the subway. Except Jane is always on the subway. Only on the subway. And has been that way since 1970s.

Trying to figure out what happened to her while seeing these two fall in love - I literally am tearing up just thinking about it.

If you're looking for something with a mystery and really decent characters that seem like real people, then check this out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Violence, Lesbophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

valerian_honeybee's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Death, Racism, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Police brutality

hales_1243's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexual content, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Drug use: descriprion of smoking (cigarettes and marijuana) on page.

pandemonicbaby's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring 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? Yes

3.75

I started enjoying this much more near the end, I think. It got more emotional and the writing became a tad more lyrical, and I liked that part. I'm happy I was able to predict some of the plot twists, I think they were well constructed in a sense that they were hinted at but not stated too obviously (like, an attentive reader would catch onto them).
I didn't *completely and absolutely fall in love* with the entire cast of characters as most other people seem to, but I did end up liking them a lot.
Also. I can excuse sex on an empty subway cart. but sex on a PACKED subway??? thats crazy😭😭😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Biphobia, Death, Hate crime, Racism, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Violence, Vomit, Antisemitism, and Car accident

rainbowrocky's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

My final thoughts on the book are: fun concept, cute characters, dull execution. The beginning was soooo slow but the ending was really good. It took me a year to read this and usually that’s not a good sign for me lol. I feel like I knew the friends better than the love interest August is supposedly bending space and time for to be in love with. Don’t get me wrong, I love found family and I enjoyed seeing them interact, but shouldn’t we know more about Jane? Like we find out about her past, but as a person her character fell a little flat for me. And I found August’s hero complex a touch annoying and fell into the white savior trope a little too hard. I also didn’t care for the “save the diner” side plot (you mean to tell me August is suddenly sad for a place she barely shows up to for work?), but the “find her uncle that’s been missing since the 70s” side plot worked really well for both August’s narrative and Jane’s. I enjoyed McQuiston’s lyrical writing style, especially for the spicy scenes, and how they do dialogue. Overall 4/5 stars. Probably won’t ever read again but I will keep my book cause it’s cute.

Edit: You know what I think this novel needs? Jane's POV. If we had a dual POV with Jane and August, I think it would have been so much better. We could have seen her flashbacks instead of just being told about them through August's eyes. That would have been so much better and maybe getting her inner thoughts about how she feels about August wouldn't make the romance so one-sided for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Homophobia, Sexual content, Grief, Lesbophobia, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Hate crime, Racism, and Alcohol

Minor: Blood, Police brutality, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism