Every Day Review
- Tiffany Borys
- Jun 1, 2016
- 3 min read
Every Day by David Levithan
Synopsis:
Every day a different body. Every day a different life. Every day in love with the same girl.There’s never any warning about where it will be or who it will be. A has made peace with that, even established guidelines by which to live: Never get too attached. Avoid being noticed.
Do not interfere.It’s all fine until the morning that A wakes up in the body of Justin and meets Justin’s girlfriend, Rhiannon. From that moment, the rules by which A has been living no longer apply. Because finally A has found someone he wants to be with—day in, day out, day after day.
Wow! Wow! Wow! I picked up this book at my library wanting to read something by David Levithan. I had never read anything by Levithan but I hear everyone talk about how great his books are, So I seeked out a book of his to try his work for myself. I was instantly drawn in by the unique synopsis, A person waking up everyday as a new person, within a new body. There are so many questions and trails that presents it's self for a person with such a unique affliction. I have had a bit of a reading slump of late but I read half of the book in one day, I flew through this book. I just needed to know what would happen next; who would our character be next? What new challenges would they face? Everything was satisfactory! The writing was lovely! The concept was unique, creative, and beautiful.
I believe this book was a wonderful work of art and should be read by everyone. Reading this book you learn about all kinds of people, their perspectives, their trails, and their challenges. This book deals with difficult subjects like depression, drug addiction, emotional abuse, and so much more. My favorite quote from the book gives you taste of the essence of this book;
“I have been to many religious services over the years. Each one I go to only reinforces my general impression that religions have much, much more in common than they like to admit. The beliefs are almost always the same; it's just that the histories are different. Everybody wants to believe in a higher power. Everybody wants to belong to something bigger than themselves, and everybody wants company in doing that. They want there to be a force of good on earth, and they want an incentive to be a part of that force. They want to be able to prove their belief and their belonging, through rituals and devotion. They want to touch the enormity. It's only in the finer points that it gets complicated and contentious, the inability to realize that no matter what our religion or gender or race or geographic background, we all have about 98 percent in common with each other. yes, the differences between male and female are biological, but if you look at the biology as a matter of percentage, there aren't a whole lot of things that are different. Race is different purely as a social construction, not as an inherent difference. And religion--whether you believe in God or Yahweh or Allah or something else, odds are that at heart you want the same things. For whatever reason, we like to focus on the 2 percent that's different, and most of the conflict in the world comes from that.” ― David Levithan, Every Day
The romance was what added another interesting element to this book, being not your average romance was more a meeting of souls. The to love person who wakes up in a new body everyday proves to have many challenges in it self. In seeing how our characters handle the situation although few errors, pain, yet with love.
Of course as you read the book and see the issues our main character faces you wonder how in the world will this book end without the reader being upset, disappointed, or completely devastated! I don't know hoe but Leviathan found a way to have a beautiful ending that I found utterly perfect. I gave this five out of five stars, it is a new favorite. I look forward to not only reading the sequel but also more books by David Levithan.
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