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. It all felt recognizable and a little enviable. They’re weird and special in lots of ways, but they’re also so….genuine. 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. McQuiston’s writing is the perfect compelling contemporary narrative voice for the characters and the story.
My thoughts on this one are a jumble of a list of all the things that were so wonderful about it. 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, romances in a row? I do not know. 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?!). She’s been displaced in time, from the 1970s, and has been stuck on the Q train ever since. Jane doesn’t just have an old school punk rock vibe, she actually is old school punk rock. Over time, the sparks between Jane and August grow, but something becomes clear. August plans her entire commute around being on Jane’s train.
This spectacular, mesmerizing, attractive, there’s-just-something-about-her girl: Jane. And then she meets this girl on the subway. The kinds of friends that can become a family. 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. “…you’re movies and destiny and every stupid, impossible thing…”Īugust 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.
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