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Every Day by David Levithan
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Every Day (edition 2012)

by David Levithan

Series: Every Day (1)

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Every morning A wakes in a different person's body, in a different person's life, learning over the years to never get too attached, until he wakes up in the body of Justin and falls in love with Justin's girlfriend, Rhiannon.
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Title:Every Day
Authors:David Levithan
Info:Knopf Books for Young Readers (2012), Hardcover, 336 pages
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The premise of "Every Day" is absolutely horrifying to me, so I knew I probably didn't want to read it, despite two strong draws (sci fi with LGBT characters??). People mentioned a trans character in addition to the genderless A, and curiosity finally got the better of me, so I sat down at the library and skimmed the entire book to find them.

a) Not worth it---of course the trans character is a straight teenage trans guy, which is the kind of trans character that cis authors seem to find the least intimidating to write. A says some dumb shit about how noble he is, and we never hear his own voice anyway.

b) The book is just as creepy---and yet somehow boring---as I thought it would be. ( )
  caedocyon | Feb 23, 2024 |
This book made the mom in me so sad, where are this person's parents? what happened to that baby? I found this an interesting and entertaining exploration of a moral compass and how we see and judge the people around us. ( )
  mslibrarynerd | Jan 13, 2024 |
Actual rating 4.5 stars.

This book consumed me. I read in one sitting, totally engrossed in the condition of the human soul and its ability to love.

The spirit of A goes beyond gender and sexual identity and into a space of simply ‘being.’ It was such an amazing perspective on existence. Juxatpose that with the love interest, Rhiannon’s perception and interactions with A and her gradual understanding and acceptance of A, and their humanity, and you end up with a universal attitude of love and acceptance of everyone. It was truly inspired.

On the other hand, being A was weird. Always the interloper, unsure of your very existence. It’s a hard place to be. Alone and transient. Enough to send you completely bonkers. But A finds a way to balance it all. A's own desires and wishes without impacting the lives of the bodies that are being borrowed for the day.

I loved toe tone of zero prejudice about the physical being and of identity. I loved getting to walk, if somewhat briefly, in so many other people’s lives and feel that impact.

While we only get the tiniest hint of the mythology behind A and his existence, the rest of the novel feels like a social commentary on identity and how we treat each other. How we are all different, yet the same. I wanted to get involved more into the reasons why A was the way he was – a wandering soul. I was hoping that in the sequel ‘Another Day’ I’d get more answers, but alas, only another brief touch on the mythology. I have my fingers crossed that we can really sink out teeth into the paranormal or science fiction of it all in the third book of the series ‘Someday’ due out on the 2nd of October this year. Not long to wait now!

There’s not much to say about this novel. It’s a romance, a character study with a heavy dose of philosophy. I loved it. The concept so fresh in YA!

It’s a beautiful quick read that I highly recommend. ( )
  b00kdarling87 | Jan 7, 2024 |
6/10, this was a book that I hoped that I would enjoy. I did not enjoy this one despite its rather interesting premise and concept but its execution didn't live up to its full potential. The story is about A who lives in a new body every day but the reason why is unexplained and I've seen this problem in realistic books like They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera but I won't spoil that for you so you can go read the book yourself to see the problem. A meets a girl called Rhiannon and he falls in love with her eventually but his circumstances forced him to break up with her which I didn't like and the main characters weren't that fleshed out and the special characteristic that A had quickly got boring however it was mildly interesting to see A in different bodies at times such as he was in a suicidal person's body and stopped them from killing themselves, he was in an overweight body and he made him exercise and he even was in Rhianna's body once but that wasn't enough to make the book more enjoyable to read. Apparently there are two more books in the series but I won't bother to pick them up to read them and there's also the antagonist whose name I forgot but he was in the background around 90% of the time. If you like an interesting romance this one is for you but there are better ones out there. ( )
  Law_Books600 | Nov 3, 2023 |
Every Day has an interesting premise, in that its narrator, A, wakes up every day in someone else's body. Someone different every day. Someone his own age. Although you can't be sure "his" is the correct pronoun to use. A doesn't have his own body. A isn't even his name; its just what he decided to call himself. One day he wakes up as Justin, and over the course of his day inhabiting Justin's body, he falls in love with Justin's girlfriend, Rhiannon. He has never met a girl like her, never had a day like the day they share. And unlike every other day of his sixteen years, when he wakes up in a new body, he finds a way to meet Rhiannon again. And again. Eventually he tells her his story. The first time he has ever told anyone his story. Because he has fallen in love with her.

This storyline I enjoyed. Even when he wakes up as a girl. As a lesbian. A gay guy. Trans. The storyline remains "how does he build a relationship with Rhiannon when every day he wakes up in a new body, one that often doesn't mesh with her needs and desires?" My hardcover copy is 324 pages long. I enjoyed all but the last ten, when Every Day loses me in its unsatisfying ending as A introduces Rhiannon to the boy he's inhabiting this last day, Alexander, then leaves and never contacts her again because he is trapped in this cycle and there is no way for them to be together. After which the book ends, rather than concludes.

I'm not sure what ending would change my sense of disappointment. It's really the only ending that works, given A's predicament. But the lack of closure is unfulfilling.

P.S. Only after writing this review did I see that Every Day is part of a series. When I finished reading it, I thought the story needed to continue. Unfortunately, David Levithan decided to continue it in Another Day and Someday rather than work out a satisfactory conclusion in Every Day. ( )
  skavlanj | Sep 26, 2023 |
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