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A review by lenoreo
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
4.0
https://celebrityreaders.com/2021/12/15/one-last-stop-by-casey-mcquiston/
4.5 stars — Quirky and fun and odd, but maybe a titch drawn out longer than I would have normally liked.
This was a new narrator for me, and she was solid. She had a lot of qualities that reminded me of some of my favourite narrators — solid different voices, great pacing and emotions. It was easy to follow and get sucked in.
The secondary cast of characters MADE this book. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed the romance and the mystery and all that too. But if I were being honest, it was the cast that had me hooting and hollering and smiling and just enjoying the shit out of this book. Like, bump it up a half star loving. And there were so many, I don’t even know how to list them. They were all so quirky and fully realized — I could imagine them. I could imagine this found family that they had created. I wanted to be friends/family with them. And it wasn’t all fun and games for them, but they definitely added so much colour and life to the story. I legitimately laughed out loud multiple times, and I can pretty much always pin it down to the cast.
August: complicated. Insecure, and maybe a bit neurodivergent, and…well, complicated. She could be hella sweet, but she could also get wrapped up in herself and how things affected her, and I would want to smack her for not thinking about what other people were going through (mostly Jane).
Jane: also complicated. There was a lot going on with Jane, and even though we never got her POV, we got to see a lot of her through August. I loved getting to know her in bits and pieces. She definitely wasn’t perfect either, but I appreciated that she grew in the story as well.
They had a bit of an unconventional romance. It had cute crush moments, and eventually great steamy moments. I definitely enjoyed it, but I would say I was surprised at how I tended to enjoy other aspects of this story moreso…maybe because they took up more time/space?
I feel satisfied with the weird explanations for the non-real parts of the story. It wasn’t too important for it to be realistic, but I appreciated how we got some tie in with real world events (like the blackout, and even the New Orleans fire thingie).
So yeah. I’m super glad I listened to this one. I think there were enough different people and just a lot going on with the plot that it was nice to let someone else interpret the story for me and just take me on the ride. I can honestly say I didn’t guess much of anything, but nothing felt too far flung if that makes sense. I definitely feel like I enjoyed this one more than her debut, but that was partially because that one was too hyped up and so I had too high of expectations.
4.5 stars — Quirky and fun and odd, but maybe a titch drawn out longer than I would have normally liked.
This was a new narrator for me, and she was solid. She had a lot of qualities that reminded me of some of my favourite narrators — solid different voices, great pacing and emotions. It was easy to follow and get sucked in.
The secondary cast of characters MADE this book. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed the romance and the mystery and all that too. But if I were being honest, it was the cast that had me hooting and hollering and smiling and just enjoying the shit out of this book. Like, bump it up a half star loving. And there were so many, I don’t even know how to list them. They were all so quirky and fully realized — I could imagine them. I could imagine this found family that they had created. I wanted to be friends/family with them. And it wasn’t all fun and games for them, but they definitely added so much colour and life to the story. I legitimately laughed out loud multiple times, and I can pretty much always pin it down to the cast.
August: complicated. Insecure, and maybe a bit neurodivergent, and…well, complicated. She could be hella sweet, but she could also get wrapped up in herself and how things affected her, and I would want to smack her for not thinking about what other people were going through (mostly Jane).
Jane: also complicated. There was a lot going on with Jane, and even though we never got her POV, we got to see a lot of her through August. I loved getting to know her in bits and pieces. She definitely wasn’t perfect either, but I appreciated that she grew in the story as well.
They had a bit of an unconventional romance. It had cute crush moments, and eventually great steamy moments. I definitely enjoyed it, but I would say I was surprised at how I tended to enjoy other aspects of this story moreso…maybe because they took up more time/space?
I feel satisfied with the weird explanations for the non-real parts of the story. It wasn’t too important for it to be realistic, but I appreciated how we got some tie in with real world events (like the blackout, and even the New Orleans fire thingie).
So yeah. I’m super glad I listened to this one. I think there were enough different people and just a lot going on with the plot that it was nice to let someone else interpret the story for me and just take me on the ride. I can honestly say I didn’t guess much of anything, but nothing felt too far flung if that makes sense. I definitely feel like I enjoyed this one more than her debut, but that was partially because that one was too hyped up and so I had too high of expectations.