‘The Future For Curious People’ is an amusing romance novel based on the premise that people can now view their romantic future. The story follows two people, Evelyn Shriner and Godfrey Burkes. Evelyn views the future with her boyfriend, decides it involves too many arguments about cheese and singing to dogs, and breaks up with him. Godfrey tries very hard to get engaged to his girlfriend, however she’s not super impressed with their future either.

The story has a predictable ending (particularly if you read the blurb…), but I very much enjoyed the journey.

The story switches back and forth between Evelyn and Godfrey. Godfrey is a vague, mildly unhappy man, and is a little bit afraid of his girlfriend. His girlfriend had a ‘very affirmed childhood’. Evelyn has a tendency to try and borrow other people’s families. She often tells her friend Dot’s mother that ‘Dot is like a sister’, in the hopes that Dot’s mother will say ‘you’re like a daughter to me.’

It’s a short, snappy book. Amusing throughout, even when you know where it’s going. The novel also felt vaguely familiar (is it a movie? Is Evelyn Shriner a common name?). I enjoyed the journey more than I enjoyed the ending (not that the ending was bad, just predictable and less fun than what came before). Recommended for anyone with a high tolerance for aimless, quirky 20-somethings and a few hours to spare.