Search - The Future of Us

I have to preface this with: In 1995 I got my first computer and my first AOL CD. That said, I was so stoked when I heard about this book, especially since Jay Asher was one of the authors. Unfortunately, it didn’t really live up to my high expectations.

Things I liked: All the 90s references. Even though I was a fairly wee tike at during that time I still remember a lot of the references. To me this book, even though it was about young adults and had appropriate themes, was most definitely not a YA novel because how could these references speak to a YA audience? I mean, I’m sure some teens know who Hootie & The Blowfish are but it can’t possibly be all that many, can it? This was a positive thing for me

I also liked how original it felt using Facebook. I’m sure similar things have been done but I haven’t read any books like that.


Things I didn’t like: It was just kind of a meh story. Even though it wasn’t that long, it felt like it just putzed on forever. And I really only felt invested in one character, Josh. Those two things are really big things. So you can see why I’m only giving it two stars.

While it was original, it just didn’t float my boat or sink my sub.

The idea of the book was awesome, but it seriously fell short. I'm not sure who messed it up, but someone needs to be apologizing. Was it horrible? Not really, but was it an exciting page turner? Well..no. I kept waiting for something to happen, but it never did.