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One Last Stop
by Casey McQuiston
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I really liked this book overall. The banter was fun. The characters were compelling—the side characters more so than the main characters. Myla is a new fave. I love her. I would read a whole book about her and Niko. I would also happily spend more time with Wes and Isaiah. Love them.
I feel like everyone has talked about the aspects of this book that they liked, and for me that was most things. But here are the things I didn't like:
- Jane didn't feel like a fully-fledged character. She was more like a fantasy of a sexy Asian butch lesbian.
- What version of 2020 was this book set in? And why wasn't it simply set in 2019 instead? That would have changed nothing to do with the plot.
- August is VERY dismissive of Jane's experiences with racism (and homophobia, for that matter) and doesn't interrogate her own privilege AT ALL.
- Maybe this is just me, but I really wanted some lyrics of more of the songs they listened to together. It was hard to see the significance of the music to the plot, and that made it harder to be invested in the romance.
- WAY too much public sex on the Q train, which is maybe the most unsanitary place I can think of.
Overall, this book was very enjoyable, but I would also fully understand if someone didn't like it and if these issues (and other ones) were too much for them.
I feel like everyone has talked about the aspects of this book that they liked, and for me that was most things. But here are the things I didn't like:
- Jane didn't feel like a fully-fledged character. She was more like a fantasy of a sexy Asian butch lesbian.
- What version of 2020 was this book set in? And why wasn't it simply set in 2019 instead? That would have changed nothing to do with the plot.
- August is VERY dismissive of Jane's experiences with racism (and homophobia, for that matter) and doesn't interrogate her own privilege AT ALL.
- Maybe this is just me, but I really wanted some lyrics of more of the songs they listened to together. It was hard to see the significance of the music to the plot, and that made it harder to be invested in the romance.
- WAY too much public sex on the Q train, which is maybe the most unsanitary place I can think of.
Overall, this book was very enjoyable, but I would also fully understand if someone didn't like it and if these issues (and other ones) were too much for them.