There were so many little things I loved about this book that helped to make it what it is. It’s clear McQuiston had a lot of fun writing this book, and I can’t imagine how much research she would’ve had to do to figure out the scientific logistics of it all! But it makes for a really fun read and a solid contemporary/romance/pseudo-mystery novel. It was really fun to read and see their story (and their romance) progress. And I love it! August has literally trained her entire life to be able to help someone in this situation and figure out who Jane truly is. But in this case, the mystery around why Jane is stuck on the subway and how she ended up here genuinely takes a lot of the novel to figure out and there’s no clear answer as the reader for how this will play out. It’s usually pretty easy to tell how contemporary romances are going to end, and I love that because I want the happy ending. One of the best things about this book is that I really didn’t know where the “Jane is from the 19070s” storyline was going. It’s all about being who you truly are and finding your people who will be there to support you no matter what. This book is educational in that it shows that there is no one "right" way to be. The way that characters are portrayed - their different genders, sexualities, and personalities - is so beautifully and seamlessly done that I honestly feel like I know these characters and I wish I could be friends with them in real life. All the characters in this book are so much fun to read about, in a large part because they are giving us the opportunity to see characters and people we don’t normally see in mainstream love stories. And a big part of that was with the help of her roommates - Myla, Niko and Wes - who help August come out of her shell, with both them and with the reader. While August took me a second to warm up to, I promptly fell in love with her by chapter two. I absolutely adore the characters that McQuiston created in this book. I’m thrilled that I was given an advance copy because I don’t know if I could’ve waited any longer to read this book! Happily, I loved it as much as I loved her debut novel. So of course I was thrilled to find out that Casey McQuiston was coming out with a new novel, and I liked that this book is completely different in that there’s a fantastical element to the love story. I talk about it all the time, I often wish I could recommend it to my students (but I can't because I teach high school and it's just a touch to sexual for that age group), and it’s a book that I’ve reread countless times since I first received it. Red, White & Royal Blue (review here) is hands-down one of my favourite books. Martin's Griffin and NetGalley for sending me an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Our books should reflect that multiplicity.Thank you to St. These works (which include books that are already on the shelves and others you can look forward to reading later in the year), reveal that as much as we share certain things in common, our narratives-our selves-are various. There's poetry, history, true crime, time travel, and a slew of dynamite short story collections. McQuiston's new novel, One Last Stop, is 1 of 45 on this list of the best LGBTQ books of 2021, illuminating the vast and multi-hued world of the queer experience. We read queer books in large part because there is deep profundity in finding out we're not alone, and yet there is a singularity to our stories, to the stories of others. It is a wholly subjective experience, something that lives inside all of us, which is why LGBTQ literature is so dynamic and vast. It means different things to different people. Queerness isn't a solid state, an easy description for sexuality or identity. It unfolds like a first language every time I open my mouth." It is inside all of my thought processes, it moves my hips when I walk, it makes me pick at my cuticles. "My queerness is a living animal," Casey McQuiston wrote in an essay for Oprah Daily's Coming Out series, "the same way that I am.
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