In this book, however, each of the side characters in August’s life are given the chance to be fleshed out and explored in the narrative.
I always find that the side characters in a romance are shoved aside to make room for the love interest. The side characters had so much life and energy. It wasn’t seen as something embarrassing but as a completely normal thing for a 23 year old and that was refreshing (because virginity is a construct). What was very important to me is how Jane treated August’s relative inexperience with intimacy. Their romance was hot and exhilarating and this book oozed passion. I just felt SO MUCH when reading this book. Her stories and adventures and her life come alive on the page through McQuiston’s effortless and magical prose. Jane is such an interesting person to read about and, just like August, I fell head over heels for her the instant she stepped onto the page. The more time they spent together, the more I fell in love with them both. There was this instant connection between them that was irrefutable. When August meets Jane Su on the Q Train, I could feel time standing still.
The way she deals with commitment, her sexuality and trust was, at times, difficult for me to read without crying because in some ways, I understood. She’s such a complex character from the start but the more I read this book, the more I got to know her and the more I wanted to know her.
#One last stop casey mcquiston free#
Her journey in McQuiston’s book, breaking free from her past, was something so wonderful and liberating to read. August, our main character, is someone I could relate to on so many personal levels. One Last Stop is a character driven book with a group of interesting, flamboyant and lively figures at the heart of the story. Here are a couple of things I really loved about One Last Stop. Just know that this book will probably be one of my favourites forever and always. I wish I felt more comfortable to share those things on the internet but alas, I’m still figuring stuff out and dealing with stuff personally. I don’t think anything I say in this review can convey how much I love this book.
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. And there’s certainly no chance of her subway commute being anything more than a daily trudge through boredom and electrical failures.īut then, there’s this gorgeous girl on the train. 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. 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.
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