My Review - The Futures - (26/5/17)
The Futures - By Anna Pitoniak
4☆ A portrayal of Growing up, life and Relationships.
The Futures is a book about Growing up and discovering the ups and downs of work, life and making relationships work.
It is written in Julia and Evans point of views, which some readers find tedious.
I didn't find this too much of a problem ad it was fairly easy to follow the story.
Julia and Evan fall in love whilst studying at Yale. Julia and Evan decide to take the next step and move to New York all be it at the start of a Financial Crisis of 2008!
However life doesn't always go according to plan. So when Evan gets a very good job at a Hedge Fund, Julia is left still pondering what she wants to do with her life, Increasingly feeling shut out and lonely.
Julia is from a privileged upbringing so she finds it easier. She starts work at a non profit charity through her family connections.
But Evan on the other hand is working so hard to help nail a very risky deal and trying to impress he's boss and with the financial crisis looming over he's head he unknowingly shuts Julia out.
Working longer and longer hours. This is not without big risks and potential fall out!
At Yale their lives were simple.
Now in the real world things are tough and they quickly start to drift apart, doing things separately.
So when Julia runs into a friend from Uni she is drawn towards him and the attention she so desperately craves from Evan.
You can see very quickly this is only going to end in disaster!
The reason this book is so good is because the characters are so believable!
Nearly every young adult has asked themselves what they want to do with their lives and got no answer!
Anna cleverly portrays the struggles of the real world and how difficult growing up and standing on your own two feet actually is. Also maintaining healthy loving relationships. The key being communication and taking time for each other.
I really enjoyed reading Futures.
It was believable but a little predictable at times. Anna created believable characters and real life situations and for this I applaud her. Especially as this is her debut novel.
I would recommend this book to others.
Especially readers who enjoy coming of age books, relationships, general fiction and an interest in financial general fiction.
The Futures is a book about Growing up and discovering the ups and downs of work, life and making relationships work.
It is written in Julia and Evans point of views, which some readers find tedious.
I didn't find this too much of a problem ad it was fairly easy to follow the story.
Julia and Evan fall in love whilst studying at Yale. Julia and Evan decide to take the next step and move to New York all be it at the start of a Financial Crisis of 2008!
However life doesn't always go according to plan. So when Evan gets a very good job at a Hedge Fund, Julia is left still pondering what she wants to do with her life, Increasingly feeling shut out and lonely.
Julia is from a privileged upbringing so she finds it easier. She starts work at a non profit charity through her family connections.
But Evan on the other hand is working so hard to help nail a very risky deal and trying to impress he's boss and with the financial crisis looming over he's head he unknowingly shuts Julia out.
Working longer and longer hours. This is not without big risks and potential fall out!
At Yale their lives were simple.
Now in the real world things are tough and they quickly start to drift apart, doing things separately.
So when Julia runs into a friend from Uni she is drawn towards him and the attention she so desperately craves from Evan.
You can see very quickly this is only going to end in disaster!
The reason this book is so good is because the characters are so believable!
Nearly every young adult has asked themselves what they want to do with their lives and got no answer!
Anna cleverly portrays the struggles of the real world and how difficult growing up and standing on your own two feet actually is. Also maintaining healthy loving relationships. The key being communication and taking time for each other.
I really enjoyed reading Futures.
It was believable but a little predictable at times. Anna created believable characters and real life situations and for this I applaud her. Especially as this is her debut novel.
I would recommend this book to others.
Especially readers who enjoy coming of age books, relationships, general fiction and an interest in financial general fiction.
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