A review by madmayham
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.25

So this book was a little difficult for me to finish. It starts a little slowly and I thought it took a long time to get to the part that was most interesting to me. It's a great story, well written, but it didn't really interest me. When I started reading the book, I had some difficulty, so much so that I switched to the audiobook to try to read more dynamically. But I still couldn't finish it when I started. I took a long break from reading (about 6 months), until the moment I decided to finish reading. Another part of what also made me stop is the relationship between the two main characters, the way their relationship starts bothered me a little, but that's a personal opinion... After August started to have a bit of development outside the subway, it helped a little for me to get a rhythm to finish the story. I think the most interesting parts, (which I wish maybe had been explored more deeply) were about August's life, about the investigation into her uncle. This part of the story for me was much more interesting than the way their relationship was occurring on the subway. The book is good but it wasn't really the type of story I like, but I like mystery more, the investigation part and I thought it could have focused a little more on that area.
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