![]() Sure, it is a story all kind of science fiction-y and sure the romantic feelings between Jane the modern-day August is all kind of lesbian chick lit-y, but what is really going on here beneath the surface? Jane is a leather-jacketed punk rocker who may not be able to return to the 1970’s, but still very belongs there even though she exists-in a limited way-in the here and now. And yet, at the very same time, this out-of-sync woman-Jane-is very much still trapped in her own time. She can’t exit the subway into the modern world any more than she can exit back into the world of CBGB, the Yankees of Reggie and Thurman Munson, and the haunting specter of Son of Sam. If the marketing would focus on the subtext of the story, it could be sold to a much broader audience.Ī generalized overview of the plot of the novel is that a woman from today meets a woman from the 1970’s on the New York subway who is stuck not just in that particular place, but out of sync with both time periods. That storyline itself-the narrative text-can be called something of science fiction lesbian romance novel, but the minute you do that you limit the readership. Casey McQuiston’s novel One Last Stop has unfortunately been too often compared to a similar time travel romance with the twist on its own sexuality resulting in being referred to as a “queer Kate & Leopold.” This is so limiting as to verge on damaging. ![]() Writers and readers alike all want to believe that we get emotionally caught up in a story because we connect so intensely to the characters, but that connection only takes place when there is something going on beneath the story. It’s the same deal with movies, of course: when you watch a film that unleashes the waterworks and you can’t stop crying, have ever you ever stopped to think how absurd a concept it is that you are really crying over what happens to people you just met that don’t even exist? A lot of readers-and even more than a mere handful of writers-labor under the delusion they connect to a certain novel because of the story existing on the surface of the narrative text. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.
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