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meeks3 's review for:
The Futures
by Anna Pitoniak
I feel like I went through a whole host of emotions while reading this book. I was angry at Julia and ready to blame her for the demise of her and Evan's relationship. But then I would read more about how Evan was neglecting her and I would feel terribly for her. I would get angry at Evan for spending all of his spare time with his coworkers and being self involved thinking he caused the breakup. But then I read about his job and the overwhelming sense of dread I had knowing he was being used by his boss and felt horrible for him.
All of this is to say that in the end both of them made mistakes and were at fault for how their relationship turned out. They acted like humans. More so, they acted like humans who had recently graduated from college and were trying to figure their lives out. Figuring your life out is hard no matter what but it makes things a whole lot harder when you or others place expectations on how your life should be. Julia and Evan felt the effects of that in the worst possible way and definitely did not handle anything appropriately. But again, they are young and figuring it all out and that is ok.
As an aside, it was interesting to read a book that focused on two young adults learning how to navigate adulthood in 2008 as I too graduated from college that year and had horrible job options thanks to the financial crisis. I definitely empathized with that feeling of "is this really what being an adult is like" and "holy crap what do I do now?!?!"
All of this is to say that in the end both of them made mistakes and were at fault for how their relationship turned out. They acted like humans. More so, they acted like humans who had recently graduated from college and were trying to figure their lives out. Figuring your life out is hard no matter what but it makes things a whole lot harder when you or others place expectations on how your life should be. Julia and Evan felt the effects of that in the worst possible way and definitely did not handle anything appropriately. But again, they are young and figuring it all out and that is ok.
As an aside, it was interesting to read a book that focused on two young adults learning how to navigate adulthood in 2008 as I too graduated from college that year and had horrible job options thanks to the financial crisis. I definitely empathized with that feeling of "is this really what being an adult is like" and "holy crap what do I do now?!?!"