A review by protoman21
The Future of Us by Jay Asher, Carolyn Mackler

4.0

I really enjoyed the concept of this book, so much so that I was willing to forgive its failings. Although it worked well for the plot, I found it implausible that Josh and Emma would be able to look at the future in such small doses. If I found something like that I would be obsessively checking out everybody I knew and trying to squeeze as much info as I could out of it before it might disappear. One thing I was impressed with was the concept that Josh's life looked positive in the future, while Emma's life kept seeming to be turning out poorly. This created a nice conflict between the two of them that burned below the surface and bubbled up from time to time. The main flaw in the book was that the characters never made the leap and became real to me. Still the ever-changing glimpses into the future kept me reading and intrigued.