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The Future of Us by Jay Asher, Carolyn Mackler

nicklelove's review against another edition

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3.0

Cute. Made me think of the possibilities if I had access to Facebook when I was 15 and I would see my future self posting life updates.

alliereneau's review against another edition

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5.0

Awesome book!!!

nannasa16's review against another edition

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2.0

2.5

It was such a light read! But maybe the problem was there: too light, no depth, no emotions. And seriously Emma was really annoying.

mmk4725's review against another edition

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3.0

Too much teenage who dates who. Yes, I knew it was a young adult book, but … I thought the idea of seeing into my Facebook future and seeing how my current actions effect my future is an interesting idea for a book

kgoeller's review against another edition

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3.0

I was expecting something with so much more depth than this book actually had. I was quite let down by the story. I still enjoyed it, I suppose. I just wish there would have been more suspense, more feeling, more.....story.

moogen's review against another edition

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2.0

Jay Asher wrote the lovely "Thirteen Reasons Why". I can scarcely believe this is the same author. The premise is interesting enough but the writing and plot is clunky and the characters are woefully stereotypical. A major disappointment.

arielsage's review against another edition

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3.0

Cute book! Pretty predictable, but it made me laugh thinking about what *I* would have done if I had stumbled across my future Facebook page in 1996... :)

paigeafterpage_'s review against another edition

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4.0

I loved this book so much.
Although, I do not agree with Emma not wanting to date people due to small things she realized via the future of Facebook.

seakingnur's review against another edition

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2.0

Sorry to say this book was nothing special. Characters were bland. The story could have been incredible if it didn't just focus on boring love lives. The characters could have found so much more than just who they were going to marry in the future. Heck, I would have been fine if they even just opened up one of the facebook games. I'm just feeling thoroughly depressed with how poorly this idea was used.

bak8382's review against another edition

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4.0

It's 1996 and Josh and Emma have just discovered Facebook, except it hasn't been invented yet . . . They're able to see their statuses 15 years in the future, and they discover just how easy it is to change the future, but not always for the better.

This was a great concept, and for those of us who were in high school in the late nineties it brings back nostalgic memories of AOL and dial-up Internet. The future might be a little too easy to change with just a thought, and there's a couple of plot points that aren't resolved. Otherwise enjoy this trip down memory lane while imagining what your high school self would think of life today.