One Last Stop

If you're a fan of RWARB, you'll probably like this OLS. McQuiston shines where she shines best, with characters and dialogue and chemistry. What stops this book from being as good as her first, is that McQuiston tries to do too much. Not only do you have time travel/ghost mystery, you also have a long lost missing uncle mystery, a beloved local diner about to go out of business, and the side characters, while lovable, sometimes overwhelming everything.

If I were an editor on this, I would've recommended to cut some stuff out. Like, for example, in the beginning one of August's roommates has a dog (a poodle named Noodles) and the dog is mentioned like one other time 2/3s of the way into the book and never again. So what's the point?

I would not say that anything was a bad idea, but I think it could've done without the long lost uncle. Just make the mom estranged from her family and that codependency being what August struggles with. You can have August really into true crime and doing detective stuff and if you sold it as something she was into on her own, it's a much more believable passion.

Just one or two more takes, is what I would suggest.

That being said I really did love this book. Jane Su is probably everyone's crush by the time they finish it.