The Future Of Us by Jay Asher & Carolyn Mackler (Book Review)

Summary: 
It's 1996, and Josh and Emma have been neighbors their whole lives. They've been best friends almost as long - at least, up until last November, when Josh did something that changed everything. Things have been weird between them ever since, but when Josh's family gets a free AOL CD in the mail,his mom makes him bring it over so that Emma can install it on her new computer. When they sign on, they're automatically logged onto their Facebook pages. But Facebook hasn't been invented yet. And they're looking at themselves fifteen years in the future. 

By refreshing their pages, they learn that making different decisions now will affect the outcome of their lives later. And as they grapple with the ups and downs of what their futures hold, they're forced to confront what they're doing right - and wrong - in the present.

                                                                  My rating - 3.5

My Review

Have you ever wondered how your life turns out? Do you get married and have children? Do you win the lottery? Do you own your own business? Or is your life rubbish? And if you could change your future, would you do it? Back in 1997 Emma and Josh stumble across Facebook... 8 years before it was created. They take the opportunity to see what their life is like 15 years into the future, but it's not what they expected. They decide to change the present which leads to their futures changing every time they login to Facebook. 

I thought the idea was very original so I was looking forward to reading it. However, the character let me down. Emma was annoying and I couldn't relate to her. She was selfish and all she cared about in a man is what they look like. She hated it when Josh was crushing on other girls, but it was okay if she did the same with boys. I thought Josh was an idiot. All he cared about was his future wife who was one of the popular girls that every other boy fancied. He made more wiser decisions than Emma though. 

If the main characters were more interesting and less irritating, I would have probably given the book a higher rating. There were some interesting side characters. First there was Tyson, Josh's best friend and my favorite character. He was very funny and somebody I could be friends with in real life. Emma's best friend was another character but we didn't get to see much of her. Another character I liked was Sydney who was Josh's future wife. She was popular, pretty and rich but unlike rich pretty and popular girls from other novels, Sydney was very down-to-earth. 

*Fun fact* On one of the pages, in the same paragraph, are the names Tyson and Wheeler. That's the names of two members of the band The All-American Rejects.. Awesome, right?