SuitabookChoices and possible futures
Emma and Josh see possible versions of their future lives, and those displays change as they act in the present.
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Jay Asher - Author
This is a relationship-focused speculative story about seeing possible futures and changing them through present choices. Its strongest appeal is likely the accessible time-and-technology premise, rather than richly developed character detail.
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 everything changed. Things have been awkward ever since, but when Josh's family gets a free AOL CD-ROM 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 Facebook ... but Facebook hasn't been invented yet. Josh and Emma are looking at themselves fifteen years in the future. Their spouses, careers, homes, and status updates--it's all there. And every time they refresh their pages, their futures change. As they grapple with the ups and downs of what their lives hold, they're forced to confront what they're doing right--and wrong--in the present.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a relationship-focused speculative story about seeing possible futures and changing them through present choices. Its strongest appeal is likely the accessible time-and-technology premise, rather than richly developed character detail.
Emma and Josh see possible versions of their future lives, and those displays change as they act in the present.
Emma and Josh were long-time friends before an awkward kiss altered their relationship; their possible future love lives become a major focus.
Teenagers in 1996 encounter Facebook before it exists and use its future information to understand their lives and choices.
The relationship material includes an earlier kiss that made the friends’ relationship awkward, unrequited feelings, future marriage concerns and references to possible adultery or loveless marriage.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
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