Meena is perhaps both the most compelling and most dislikeable character, embarking on an extra-marital affair while pursuing a promotion for a mysterious role at the shady security and intelligence organisation she works at.Įach character offers a different perspective and tone but what ties them together isn’t the supernatural sci-fi high concept so much as it is their inner lives and conflicts. Meanwhile, Donna is a bored high-schooler whose pursuit of teenager kicks goes from getting high on gas to meeting (and unwittingly kidnapping) a man from another reality. There’s John, a middle-aged, overweight single dad scraping by in the public sector who finds himself swapping bodies with his younger hipster neighbour Jack. While you can select whichever character you want to follow first, you’ll need to experience each one in the same chapter before you unlock the next chapters for all three. Varying in tone and cast, from comedy-drama to psychological noir, each story consists of multiple chapters in digestible lengths lasting no longer than 20 minutes with optional recaps. That authenticity helps ground Last Stop’s three stories that gradually take a turn for the weird. This may be a fictional version of London – there are after all, no real tube stops called Salt Cellar Lane or Cobbett Square – but every frame of it, be it a red double-decker, a big green city park, or even the local chip shop, will feel immediately recognisable to people who live, work, and commute in the Big Smoke. The London of this game is less Piccadilly Circus, more Zone 2 and 3 on the Piccadilly Line, and instead of the City skyline, our exteriors are of council estate tower blocks alongside terraces and leafy suburbs. READ MORE: ‘The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD’ Review: magic in the motionĪfter a tongue-in-cheek opening shot of Big Ben, which turns out to be just from a poster on the London Underground, it’s the last time you’ll see a landmark cliché.It’s this attention-to-detail in the mundane that makes Last Stop so refreshing. Of course, when it comes to telling stories grounded in the day-to-day, a setting isn’t meant to be a playground or tourist attraction but someone’s backyard or home in all its drab familiarity.
They were all so well-developed, complex, and unique.We often read about video games as a form of virtual tourism, a sightseeing sandbox to escape to, which can feel all the more important for those of us who are unable to travel anywhere, for obvious reasons. And their relationship? Adorable.īut they aren’t the only two characters in this book, and I have to say: I would read a book about every single side-character in One Last Stop. Both of them are realistically flawed, but often in painfully relatable ways. Together, their chemistry is amazing and they bring out the best qualities in each other. CharactersĪugust is an incredible protagonist with a great journey, and Jane is the perfect love interest for her. From the mystery to the romance, One Last Stop is absolutely addictive. It did take me around 50-80 pages to get fully invested, but once I was in, I couldn’t put it down. Like Casey McQuiston’s first book, there’s plenty of quotable moments, and I feel that their writing has definitely developed even more since Red, White and Royal Blue. This book is funny and heartwarming, the writing adding humor and relatability to each moment. If you haven’t- then what are you doing here, go read it! Or maybe read One Last Stop first. If you’ve read Red, White and Royal Blue, then you have a good idea of what to expect with the writing of One Last Stop.
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