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A review by rotellareads
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
Did not finish book.
DNF on audio at 50%.
The author is a talented writer, that’s undeniable. I adored R, W & RB! But this book was a lot. Way too many characters smashed into the first few chapters, each one unique and quirky, almost to an extreme. It’s like the author was trying TOO HARD to make a book full of LBGTQ+ characters from all walks of life. It just wasn’t believable at all because smack in the middle of it was boring August, the main character. She was a hot mess who blamed all of her issues on her upbringing.
I honestly could not figure out what the author was trying to accomplish with this story. It was like everything but the kitchen sink - trope wise. It started out fun with a meet cute on a subway, but was so slow to progress that I almost fell asleep. Chapters full of absolutely nothing. Jane was the most captivating part and yet we knew next to nothing about her other than she was stuck on a subway.
So much of the story was far fetched and ridiculous. I didn’t realize it was tagged as a “time travel” romance until I was already a few chapters in and couldn’t figure out what was going on.
I decided to call it quits when I knew I could care less what happened to August or Jane or any of the other characters or finding out how it ended.
Received an advanced copy of One Last Stop from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
The author is a talented writer, that’s undeniable. I adored R, W & RB! But this book was a lot. Way too many characters smashed into the first few chapters, each one unique and quirky, almost to an extreme. It’s like the author was trying TOO HARD to make a book full of LBGTQ+ characters from all walks of life. It just wasn’t believable at all because smack in the middle of it was boring August, the main character. She was a hot mess who blamed all of her issues on her upbringing.
I honestly could not figure out what the author was trying to accomplish with this story. It was like everything but the kitchen sink - trope wise. It started out fun with a meet cute on a subway, but was so slow to progress that I almost fell asleep. Chapters full of absolutely nothing. Jane was the most captivating part and yet we knew next to nothing about her other than she was stuck on a subway.
So much of the story was far fetched and ridiculous. I didn’t realize it was tagged as a “time travel” romance until I was already a few chapters in and couldn’t figure out what was going on.
I decided to call it quits when I knew I could care less what happened to August or Jane or any of the other characters or finding out how it ended.
Received an advanced copy of One Last Stop from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.