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A review by bookitocat
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
5.0
It only took four days listening to the audiobook and i fell in love with the voice of the narrator. Then there was the story. I didn't read any review or even the goodreads description before i picked it up, so i didn't really know what i was about to read except the meet-cute trope. And oh boy! The story was just good soup.
McQuiston's writing is so aesthetic and lyrical that it made me get lost in the pages of the book. From the little ads or articles in the start of every chapter until the way they made its chapter end with a cliffhanger, McQuiston had you for a ride. I loved the metaphors and the similes they were using. I loved how they described love and all kinds of feelings. I loved how they described the characters with so many little details without being plain but making a whole picture from scraps of scents and images. I especially loved how they made you feel about New York without idealizing but still romanticizing every single moments.
The characters was the story and i liked how they made them so realistic like you could picture them sitting in Billy's and chatting about their day. They lived inside the story but also before it and they will live after it. And i loved how you couldn't have favorites because you loved everyone. I loved Myla and her bubbly personality and how she could be chaos but also the mother figure. I fell instantly in love with Niko and the way he talked and moved and his psychic abilities and the father figure he brought in the group. And then there was Wes, so shy and mysterious but also the love of my life. Ofcourse you couldn't not love Isaac and how he instantly knew what was happening and he was always there to support and help. Then there was August and Jane and how they completes its other but also being so different. The author was so good in writing characters.
The plot was interesting. As i said i was ready for a sweet meet-cute trope but i wasn't ready for the found family trope slapping me in the face and that supernatural element making my heart flatter. Also the love story was soooooooo good. We hadn't the plain "eyes crossed and sparks happen" but we could see Jane and August fall in love and i wanted to treasure every single moment of that. I also loved the fact that the side-stories was as good as the main one, without taking away from it but also without fading away and making you wonder "what happened to those characters".
I just fell in love with this book and i want WANT WANT WANT to listen to it again and again and again and again just to hear the narrator speak as Myla again.
And that was my review... a little sloppy but i just finished it AND I AM DROWNING IN FEELINGS!
McQuiston's writing is so aesthetic and lyrical that it made me get lost in the pages of the book. From the little ads or articles in the start of every chapter until the way they made its chapter end with a cliffhanger, McQuiston had you for a ride. I loved the metaphors and the similes they were using. I loved how they described love and all kinds of feelings. I loved how they described the characters with so many little details without being plain but making a whole picture from scraps of scents and images. I especially loved how they made you feel about New York without idealizing but still romanticizing every single moments.
The characters was the story and i liked how they made them so realistic like you could picture them sitting in Billy's and chatting about their day. They lived inside the story but also before it and they will live after it. And i loved how you couldn't have favorites because you loved everyone. I loved Myla and her bubbly personality and how she could be chaos but also the mother figure. I fell instantly in love with Niko and the way he talked and moved and his psychic abilities and the father figure he brought in the group. And then there was Wes, so shy and mysterious but also the love of my life. Ofcourse you couldn't not love Isaac and how he instantly knew what was happening and he was always there to support and help. Then there was August and Jane and how they completes its other but also being so different. The author was so good in writing characters.
The plot was interesting. As i said i was ready for a sweet meet-cute trope but i wasn't ready for the found family trope slapping me in the face and that supernatural element making my heart flatter. Also the love story was soooooooo good. We hadn't the plain "eyes crossed and sparks happen" but we could see Jane and August fall in love and i wanted to treasure every single moment of that. I also loved the fact that the side-stories was as good as the main one, without taking away from it but also without fading away and making you wonder "what happened to those characters".
I just fell in love with this book and i want WANT WANT WANT to listen to it again and again and again and again just to hear the narrator speak as Myla again.
And that was my review... a little sloppy but i just finished it AND I AM DROWNING IN FEELINGS!