To be honest, I think I might even enjoy this book more as a reread.
It’s a book to savour and I definitely did that. I didn’t race through ‘One Last Stop’, it’s not that kind of book. Overall, One Last Stop is a wholesome, longing love story, about finding your proper fit in the universe. 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. It did eventually pick up and get very interesting when the Jane-stuck-in-time plot moves to the forefront. I just didn’t keep me as hooked as I would have liked. The only complaint/comment I have about this book is that the pacing was off, or maybe just really slow? To me the beginning was not very interesting, and very angsty for no apparent reason. I also love how much LGBTQIA+ representation was shown across this cast of characters and story! I really couldn’t tell which of them is my favorite, but Jane, Myla, Niko, & Isaiah are definitely the ones that had me cracking up the most. So, my absolute favorite thing about this book was the gigantic cast of eccentric, lovable characters from August’s chaotic roommates, to the crew at Billy’s, to all the Brooklyn drag queens, to Jane herself. But then she meet Jane on the subway and everything starts to slide sideways…because Jane is from the 1970’s and she’s stuck in a loop on the Q train. She spent a lot of her life playing secondhand amateur sleuth to her mother’s increasingly desperate attempts to find out what became. She doesn’t expect New York to provide any special or cinematic treatment for her. Bestselling author Casey McQuiston returns with another sweet, swoony, coming-of-age rom-com in their sophomore novel, ONE LAST STOP. This book follows cynical 23 year old August as she moves to New York City, which for her is just another place on the map. TW: past homophobic violence, off page death, dealings with anxiety, depression, and familial estrangement