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Una última parada by Casey McQuiston

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nightmarelized's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

This book was a genre out of my comfort zone, and something I wanted to explore on. Take my review with a grain of salt.

TLDR: The gayest, and most diverse book I've ever read. Story is quite good. Strange but unique writing style was a bit confusing. Overall enjoyed it.

At first, I found it hard to get into because of the unfamiliar writing style. It's a bit detached, compared to the immersive, movie-like limited third person than I'm used to. But after spending 3 days and 433 pages with it, it grew on me.
There are a lot of modern media references (which make sense in the context of the book). However, despite being the target audience age, I didn't know most of them. It's not that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things, but there has to be a lot of jokes and references I missed do to that.
The pacing is hard to follow at times. I had several moments where I had to backtrack to understand what's happening due to the perspective not being strictly linear. There's often long unmarked time skips that left me confused.
The chapters are quite long, and some part felt as if it is read out of breath. With long sentences explaining events that happened over days. The narrator often grazes over events in montage-like past tense. Some action beats' descriptions spans so long I had forgotten what was the last sentence spoken by the characters in real time.
I don't know if this is the way this author writes, or a choice specifically for this book. At the end, I didn't mind it as much as I thought it would at the start. It's sort of fitting to have this detached narrator when the perspective character is overly analytical and self-deceptive herself.

The main couple is great. However, the side characters are not to be looked over. They are as sweet and loving as the main couple. They are all weird, quirky, and fun in their own rights. This book have plenty of representation of the LGBTQ community without making the characters about them.
This book is worth a go if you like found family tropes.

I see a lot of reviews talking about they weren't a fan of the supernatural part of this book. But as a fantasy reader, I saw that as a chance to dip my foot into romcom. I did enjoy that bit. It felt cliché at times, and didn't make THAT much sense... not to the point of cringe though. The book wouldn't be the same without it.

I loved the ending. I don't want to spoil anything. It is as sweet as it can be.

Oh and Jane is really hot, hope that sells it.

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sappix's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

5.0

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annamwallace66's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

5.0

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perleerose's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

Very slow start but a quick ending to the book. The ending almost felt a little too convenient and a lot of the references really age the book. The love story was really sweet but the sex on the subway took me back a little bit cause I personally would never. The references to Pratt also cracked me up every time just cause it’s such a niche art school in NYC.
‘it comes with the sweet gut punch of knowing and being known’

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kaygee_reads's review against another edition

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slow-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

3.5

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hales_1243's review against another edition

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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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pandemonicbaby's review against another edition

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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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