I loved One Last Stop, and I’m eager to read Casey McQuiston’s next novel. I also, of course, wanted to know how Jane ended up stuck on the Q train and was eager to find out if she would end up back in the 1970s by the end of the novel. As soon as Jane was introduced as being displaced in time from the 1970s, I knew that she would have something to do with solving the mystery that August’s mother has been working so hard to solve. I was intrigued by the mystery of what happened to August’s uncle, Augie. This book turns something mudane like a daily commute on the Q Train into something magical.Īs the daughter of a mystery and thriller writer, I love a good mystery. Every chapter begins with a note from someone who was impacted by Jane or a news clipping about Jane, which gives the reader even more insight into Jane’s life on the train, and the impact she has on those around her. I even loved Jane’s description of the fat rat that she occasionally sees and feeds. There is something so quintissentially New York about a story centering around being stuck on the subway. One Last Stop feels like a love letter to New York City. On the Friends reunion, Marta Kaufman spoke about how Friends is about the time in your life when your friends are your family, and One Last Stop captures that essence as well. One Last Stop feels like a novel about finding your people. I want to learn more about Wes’ journey from architecture school to being a tattoo artist. His voice is a little croaky, like the back end of a cold, and he’s got a toothpick in the corner of his mouth.Įach roommate in August’s apartment is so different, but each one is so interesting. Tatoos spill down both his arms and lick up his throat from beneath his buttoned-up collar. He’s got this black on black greaser thing going on, a dark undercut against light brown skin and a confident jaw, a single crystal dangling from one ear. Niko looks at August, hand held out, blurry in the steam from his tea. The first chapter of the book gives a vivid initial description of Niko, one of August’s roommates. August’s ecelectic roommates are brought to life through McQuiston’s writing, and the reader really gets a sense of each one of them. ![]() The characters in One Last Stop feel so vibrant and well-developed. I maybe even excessively tracked the package containing the book from Books Are Magic in Brooklyn. Suffice it to say, I was very excited for McQuiston’s softmore novel, One Last Stop. I have read Casey McQuiston’s first book, Red, White, and Royal Blue several times, and I fell absoltuely in love with it. Casey McQuiston’s One Last Stop is a magical, sexy, big-hearted romance where the impossible becomes possible as August does everything in her power to save the girl lost in time. Maybe it’s time to start believing in some things, after all. She’s literally displaced in time from the 1970s, and August is going to have to use everything she tried to leave in her own past to help her. August’s subway crush becomes the best part of her day, but pretty soon, she discovers there’s one big problem: Jane doesn’t just look like an old school punk rocker. ![]() Jane with her rough edges and swoopy hair and soft smile, showing up in a leather jacket to save August’s day when she needed it most. Dazzling, charming, mysterious, impossible Jane. ![]() But then, there’s this gorgeous girl on the train. And there’s certainly no chance of her subway commute being anything more than a daily trudge through boredom and electrical failures. ![]() She can’t imagine how waiting tables at a 24-hour pancake diner and moving in with too many weird roommates could possibly change that. Publisher’s Summary: For cynical twenty-three-year-old August, moving to New York City is supposed to prove her right: that things like magic and cinematic love stories don’t exist, and the only smart way to go through life is alone.Content Warnings: racism, homophobia, absent parents.
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