Monday, October 30, 2023

The Future of Us | by Jay Asher

 The Future of Us was published over 12 years ago and despite having read his novel 13 Reasons Why, I am just discovering.

The year is 1996. Emma and Josh have known one another their entires lives. They are neighbors, classmates and friends. Home computers and the internet are slowly becoming more common in homes. Emma's father has just gifted her a brand new PC. Josh brings over an AOL CD his family received in the mail. Emma downloads it and signs in and finds herself on facebook a page that won't be founded until 2004! 

Emma quickly discovers that Facebook shows her and Josh's lives 15 years in the future! Curious and interested in what their future selves are doing they become obsessed with checking facebook to see what they are doing. Emma learns that she can manipulate the life of her future self and quickly uses it to make major and minor adjustments to her future self. 

The Future of Us left me feeling nostalgic. This is a fun book to read.



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