bretts_book_stack 's review for:

The Futures by Anna Pitoniak

3.0

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Pitoniak is an interesting writer whose shrewd observations about love and betrayal have a tone similar to Curtis Sittenfield's 'Prep'. The story is a simple one set in New York right before the market crash in 2008 with young and in love Yale graduates Evan and Julia moving to the city where Evan lands a job at a prestigious hedge fund, and Julia struggles to find footing in both her career and identity. I found myself marking the touchstones of the plot on the way, predicting things before they happened to the characters, but in hind sight I'm not sure this wasn't the authors intention from the start. This was a book I found I ultimately enjoyed, but strangely didn't leave me with any lasting impressions beyond a pleasant read.