Review: The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler
Title: The Future of Us
Hardcover, 309 pages
Authors: Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler
Publisher: Razorbill
Publication Date: November 21, 2011
Source: Book Expo America
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Book Summary:
It’s 1996, and less than half of all American high school students have ever used the Internet.
Emma just got her first computer and an America Online CD-ROM. Josh is her best friend.
They power up and log on and discover themselves on Facebook, fifteen years in the future.
Everybody wonders what their destiny will be. Josh and Emma are about to find out.
Review:
I haven’t read Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (I KNOW I KNOW), but a lot of my friends were very excited about The Future of Us at Book Expo America, which is a Jay Asher/Carolyn Mackler book, so I decided to get in on the excited feeling.
The Future of Us was a really fun read. The basic premise is that our two characters (whose perspective we flip between chapter to chapter) discover Facebook on their computer, and Facebook and all of the information on it is from fifteen years in the future (they don’t even know what Facebook is, in fact). They start to notice that little changes they make in their lives affect how their Facebook future selves end up (mainly due to Facebook status updates from their future selves), and as you can imagine the ability to know the future messes with them a bit.
I loveeeeeeedddd reading a book written in the era of my childhood. Little details like how DVDs were starting to get introduced at the video store made me so delighted because it’s not often you read a book set in that particular time frame. The characters are likable, too – and quite believable. It made me question if I would try to change things if I wasn’t happy with how my future self looked.
I went into The Future of Us with no expectations, because I didn’t know much about the book, and ended up having a lot of fun. It was refreshing for me to read a contemporary with a twist that is not related to a paranormal element.
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I like how they use Facebook in this novel. Sounds very intriguing, and I can’t wait to read it ^^
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I’m really excited for this book, so I’m glad you enjoyed it!
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I love, LOVED Thirteen Reasons Why (you should definitely check it out!) so I’m very excited to read this one! Jealous you already have it!
This book sounds like a lot of fun! I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy!
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I’m so glad you enjoyed it, I think this sounds really cute! And…confession: I haven’t read Thirteen Reasons Why either.
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I’m so excited to read this! I love reading anything that takes place in the 90′s and this one sounds really great!
(By the way, thank you)
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I LOVED 13 Reasons Why and I’m super excited for this one! I’m excited about this book mainly because the premise, as you said, is so different!
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I love Carolyn! I can’t wait to read this one when it comes out.
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I really enjoyed this one, too! It was definitely fun to read about the era of my childhood, too. I remember when the Internet was this whole crazy new thing that no one really understood or had, and slowly it became . . . well, what it is now: an ever-present fixture in our lives! (And awesome.) It was fun shifting between Josh and Emma’s perspectives.
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i cant wait to read this book! iv never been excited about any book before. i dont read for fun or anything, but when i read the plot i just cant wait to buy it!
After reading ‘Thirteen Reasons Why’ I had high expectations for this book! Yes, it is a different genre but I expected it to be something… more than it was. I don’t recommend it. Anyone want a copy? :p