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Una última parada by Casey McQuiston

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casey_sunshine's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

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lily1304's review against another edition

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Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Honestly delightful! Even better than Red, White, and Royal Blue because it leaves a much better political aftertaste. I have a big ol crush on Jane.

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puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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midnightbelles's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I really enjoyed this book. I loved the romance and just being able to see August grow more as a person and unwrap this case. Honestly I fell in love with Jane alongside august and the hopeless romantic in me would kill for even a little of this type of romance. I also really enjoyed getting to see the other romances within augusts friend group and I loved the relationship she had with them as well. I’m 100% going to read this again and hope to find my own subway girl :)

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just_one_more_paige's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I got there. I might be one of the last people in the world to read McQuiston's sophomore novel, but I got there. Does anyone else sometimes put off a book you know you're going to love, or at least strongly think you're going to love, because you don't want the reading experience to happen and then be over? Maybe? I sometimes delay finishing a series for this same reason. Anyways, I think I suffered a bit from that. Also, I loved Red White and Royal Blue so much that I was nervous about my expectations being unreasonable. And then the reviews were all so dang positive that that feeling just grew. And now here I am, the reading caboose on this one, as it were.

August moves to NYC content to be alone, convinced having no belongings and no people that matter to her will keep her life simple...there's just less to lose. But when she moves into an apartment with some rather off-the-wall roommates and starts working at a 24-hour pancake diner, she starts to make some unexpected connections. Friends. The kinds of friends that can become a family. And then she meets this girl on the subway. This spectacular, mesmerizing, attractive, there's-just-something-about-her girl: Jane. August plans her entire commute around being on Jane's train. Over time, the sparks between Jane and August grow, but something becomes clear. Jane doesn't just have an old school punk rock vibe, she actually is old school punk rock. She's been displaced in time, from the 1970s, and has been stuck on the Q train ever since. Something about their connection is making Jane remember, and August is realizing she'd do anything to help Jane remember, and find her way home - even if it involves some magic (which she doesn't believe in), sleuthing (she thought left that life behind), and losing the girl she's fallen in love with (excuse me, what?! love?!).

So I ask you, how is it possible that McQuiston has managed to write two perfectly swoon-y, compelling, full-hearted, with the exact right alternate reality/paranormal twist, in a row?? I do not know. But I am deeply grateful. My thoughts on this one are a jumble of a list of all the things that were so wonderful about it. McQuiston's writing is the perfect compelling contemporary narrative voice for the characters and the story. It's smart and snarky and real. I also love how all the characters are like normal "new adults" with normal jobs and attainable situations and aspirations and, let's be honest, issues. They're weird and special in lots of ways, but they're also so....genuine. It all felt recognizable and a little enviable. The enviable part being that, for most of them (other than August, really) they were all happy with the little part of the world they'd created and carved out for themselves - untraditional as it was. With that, the found family. Let me just say it again, the found family. That's about all I've got. It was everything. All in all, with the characters and the story and the setting(s) and the vibe (drag queens and diners and subways!) - it just all felt so quintessentially NYC.

Other things. More things! The mix of paranormal/supernatural and real life/tangible detective work was so freaking charming. And really, the entire displaced from time and stuck on a train and re-finding memories and sci-fi use of electricity to get Jane back to her own time was so original. This mystical take on the reality of electrical pulses as love/emotion/connection is super cool. There were a couple of steamy scenes that were like...hot damn . This is another thing that McQuiston did gorgeously in RWARB and does again here. In particular, the first (legit) kissing scene had me like...mouth hanging open and breath speeding up (and that was before it went past kissing). Phew. And in general Jane and August are just *chef's kiss* together - their jointly (but differently) prickly outsides hiding their softie (for each other) insides is great. Also the other relationships are just as spot on. I don't think I could have loved Niko and Myla more. And the entire Wes and Isaac back and forth. Honestly, it was all, as I've already said, wonderfully swoon-y. Finally, there are so many things happening in this story. Different times and stories and people that McQuiston somehow manages to bring together by the end in a neatly wrapped package that would be cliche/trite in another author's hands. But here, it's just satisfying. The ending I wanted, with a mostly happily ever after/mystery solved vibe, but with a sliver of reality that makes it feel all the more authentic, with promise for a future that is full of just as much adventure/love.

They were already, basically, but McQuiston is now an auto-buy author for me. I'm here for the fullness and the rep (oh hey, bi peeps) and the steaminess and the friends (and other side characters) and the love and the compelling story bringing it all together. Twice in a row, McQuiston has delivered a story with the perfect mix of contemporary/real and fantastical twist and a romance I want to read again immediately. I am in awe.

“Time. Place. Person.”

“…she’s going to need more notebooks. It’ll take a million to hold this girl.”

“August thinks distantly about her gradual stumble into knowing she was bisexual, the years of confusing crushes she tried to rationalize away. She can’t imagine always knowing something huge about herself and never questioning it.” (THIS.)

“…defiant by existing…” (I just loved this sentiment, thrown into/buried in a greater sentence, but holding so much alone, in just three words.)

“…you’re movies and destiny and every stupid, impossible thing…”

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nicolaparty's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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hayleyvem's review against another edition

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funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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purplatypus's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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taelights's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

This is probably my favorite wlw romance in awhile. It was so cute and emotional and just such an enjoyable read. The characters really made the book for me. They all felt so real, even the side characters felt well developed, and they all had such amazing and fun personalities. The romance was amazing and sweet plus the found family worked so well together.

This book made me laugh at some parts and cry at others. The emotions were on point throughout and I found myself really caring about all the characters and the main couple. The book was well written. The romance scenes were very sweet and the sex scenes were hot. I already find myself wanting to reread this book so I've already ordered my own physical copy of the book for my collection because I enjoyed it so much!

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

the side characters of this book are ✨chefs kiss✨

the diversity and rep??? omfff

soso different from RWRB but i love it smmm

id die for wes

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