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I gave a review of the previous part, Vento Aureo/Ougon no Kaze (Jojo Part 5) and this review is going to echo that one quite similarly.
My views on Vento Aureo were that toward the end (the last third or so), the story began to drag on, the stands got far too ridiculously complicated, and the character designs became distracting and annoying. which I thought was a shame because the first two thirds were GREAT, with an awesome premise, cool characters, and neat stands.

This sentiment also rings true with Stone Ocean.
The Premise is cool as hell: Jolyne Kujo has to escape from a ... prison infested with stand users? Awesome!
The characters too, were pretty great with some pretty creative stands.

But, yet again the last third (closer to halfway) drags on significantly, where I just wanted it to friggin' end already. they keep introducing new characters with overly complicated stands, then characters whose stand abilities keep changing, stands based off of ridiculous obscure phenomena and urban legends and it goes on and on for friggin' volumes.
and it gets worse and worse and worse as it nears its end. and then it ends, and it's a terrible end.

That's why I give it an overall 4 and 4 for story. because while the first two thirds are so goddamn great and enjoyable to read, the ending is just THAT BAD that it brings the score down significantly.

Yet again, i'm telling you to stop following Jojo after part 4.

It's quite pretty and the first two thirds are great (in premise and execution) but after that it kind of falls apart by adding too many over-complicated stands, dragging the ending on for quite a bit and pulling story elements out of its ass, and then screwing up with the defeat of the main villain. It's got a kind of very shitty ending.

To reiterate, the first two thirds are great:
The premise: Mafia Jojo, having to escort a person across Italy and defend them from assassins along the way.
The art: pretty goddamn great, with memorable characters, though the designs keep getting more and more ... ridiculous (and distracting) as the story goes on.

But towards the end all of it kind of deteriorates, and the ending is pretty goddamn weak and left a pretty bad taste in my mouth.
Do yourself a favor and stop following Jojo after finishing part 4.

It's an enjoying read with some really interesting stuff, but my goodness can I not get over that ending. The only reason I don't give it a lower score with regards to story is that the first two thirds are really good, but the last third brings down the score significantly.