Those reading want more from the main couple in the book. But, there is a lingering question of if she would go back to the 1970s or if she would stay in the 21st century with August.Īnticipation comes in reading the novel, almost making the ending feel rushed. This can have the reader rooting for August to solve Jane’s problem of being stuck on the train, but also have an impatience to when there will finally be a scene change.Ī lot of the book is written to solve Jane’s problem and get her off of the train. Some of the scenes between Jane and August can get lost among the others as the setting pretty much stays as the subway train every interaction the characters have.

The one thing about “One Last Stop” is even if the two main characters are not the biggest personalities in the book, there are still moments that make the reader root for their story. Their personalities and friendship with August make scenes that are supposed to just be filler before the romance plot so lively and entertaining to read. With McQuiston’s book, the reader can see a friend group that is not entirely made up of straight or white characters, and it helps paint a picture of what many real friend groups look like in the world today.Īnd it really is characters like Niko, Myla, Wes and Isaiah who make the book what it is. So, “One Last Stop” is a breath of fresh air for the sapphic community. In many media platforms and stories to tell, lesbian or bisexual women in relationships are not highlighted, or if they are, only cater to a certain stigma. This includes her fashion, music taste, beliefs and the fact that she has not aged a day since the decade as she has been stuck on a subway train for over 40 years.

Not to mention Jane is a character from the 1970s in every way. Jane as a character alone is such an important love interest in the fact that she is an Asian butch lesbian that August becomes infatuated with quite literally at first glance. It is here where August meets the book’s love interest, Jane. Judging by the book’s title of “One Last Stop”, there are many scenes involving the subway stops of New York.

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