November 25, 2011

The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler


Description:
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.



A list of epic things that may occur in this book:
  • Time travel (or time viewing?)- This concept was so 
  • original, seriously nothing out there comes close to this. It covered so many bases of awesomeness. 
  • Caused me to ask these questions: How I would have viewed Facebook back then? Why do we share such silly things about ourselves on Facebook? How does your present effect your future?
  • This novel could legitimately be considered historical fiction. It's set in the year 1996, only fifteen years ago, but it's a perfect portrayal of that time. 
  • The Future of Us is a lot of things, it's a lot of different things. It's sci-fi, romance, historical fiction, sweet, funny, but most of all it's unputdownable. 
  • Kellan- She is witty and sarcastic and mostly over-dramatic.
  • Emma- She gets wrapped up in assuring her future is a good one that she losses herself and sight of her present. 
  • Josh- He's the typical nice guy whose been rejected. Something about Josh is so genuine, he is just- Josh. 
  • Kellan and Tyson's relationship- It's sweet and complicated. They have a slight love-hate relationship but they always come back to love. 
  • the dual perspectives of Emma and Josh give the story a more rounded feel. Asher and Mackler are phenomenal together. I hope to see more from the duo. 
  • The writing is absolutely perfect and slightly addicting. Something about it consumes your mind and forces you to just keep reading. 

Overall:
All the elements in this book come together to for a spectacular combination of epic proportions. I really hope to see more from these two.


just sayin, 
-Kare

1 comment:

  1. Oh my gosh don't say that about it being historical fiction!!!! You're making me feel old. :P I can't wait to read this book. It sounds AWESOME!

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Let me know what you think was an epic win or an epic fail, or if you feel like it make robot sound like beep beep boo bop. Really I could careless just keep it clean.