by Jay Asher & Carolyn Mackler
Genre: Contemporary, Romance, Time Travel, Young Adult
Publication: January 2012
Format: Paperback, 356 pages
Source: Own
It's 1996 and very few high school students have ever used the internet. Facebook will not be invented until several years in the future. Emma just got a computer and an America Online CD. She and her best friend Josh power it up and log on - and discover themselves on Facebook in 2011. Everybody wonders what they'll be like fifteen years in the future. Josh and Emma are about to find out.
I was very excited to read The Future of Us after reading the summary. I was intrigued by the idea of finding about your future through the internet.
Emma just got a computer. When she and her best friend, Josh, logged on into the computer, she found out about Facebook and their life in 2011. I think it is interesting to see how a small action that Emma and Josh took could alter their future. It was fun reading this book in both Emma and Josh’s POV. But mostly, I enjoyed reading it in Emma’s POV. She wasn’t a likeable character, but I thought she sounded more… human. It was interesting to see how she was going to change her fate when she assume that she wasn’t going to be happy with her future husband. Then, starting from that, she continued to try and changing her future to be better, to be perfect. But in the end, nothing can really satisfy her.
The Future of Us is a fun, quick read that you can finish in one sitting. I think anyone who was a 90’s kid with a computer back then would find this one nostalgic.
I haven't read this, but I do think, after reading your review that I heard about it when it came out. I loved Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why. That may be enough reason to check this one out. Thanks for the great reminder!!
ReplyDeleteThis one is nothing like Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why, but it is an enjoyable read.
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