westernstephanie 's review for:

The Future of Us by Jay Asher, Carolyn Mackler
2.0

I really wanted to love this--I love the premise. Emma logs on to AOL in 1996 and sees her future Facebook page. She calls her friend Josh over, and soon they are checking in daily on the details of their future lives, which change based on even the small decisions they make now. Emma's future self doesn't seem happy, so Emma is frantic to change her trajectory, whereas Josh is blown away by his future (rich and married to the high school goddess) and doesn't want to do anything that might change it.

I think part of my problem is Emma. If I were her, I would be LESS concerned about who she marries and MORE worried about not becoming an annoying whiner. Judging by her future FB updates, we have:

Texting & surfing the Web on her phone while driving
Complaining about her spouse & airing their dirty laundry
Really vague posts meant to invite questions
Using the word "hubby"
Choosing the "It's Complicated" relationship status
Still loving "Glee" in 2012

Badly done, Emma.