In his New York Times bestselling novel, David Levithan introduces readers to what Entertainment Weekly calls a "wise, wildly unique" love story about A, a teen who wakes up every morning in a different body, living a different life.
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.
With his new novel, David Levithan, bestselling co-author of Will Grayson, Will Grayson, and Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, has pushed himself to new creative heights. He has written a captivating story that will fascinate readers as they begin to comprehend the complexities of life and love in A’s world, as A and Rhiannon seek to discover if you can truly love someone who is destined to change every day.
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68 of 75 people found the following review helpful.
WOW WOW. MIND = BLOWN.
By Sab H.
This book will make such huge impact on teens today. It's one of those one-in-a-million books that has an outstanding message, a super cool premise and an unputdownable quality as the cherry on top. Levithan manages to tackle equality, humanity and, above all, LOVE in this gorgeous and utterly thought-provoking story. It's like a thousand stories packed into one, wrapped up and toppled with the most beautiful aftertaste. So much LOVE. I kind of knew I would't have much to say except ongoing praise."A" wakes up on a different body every day. Which makes A lack a specific gender and race and physical appearance. Which ends up being a wake-up call to us all. What is it that makes you love a person? This novel really made my mind go round and round while reading. It's so satisfying to read something so powerful and that actually changes you some. I can't imagine how mind-blowing this would have been if I'd read it as a teen.Levithan is one of my top favorite authors because you can tell by reading just one of his books that he has a passion for language. He savors words and plays with the them in a way no other author I've read can. In many of his novels, he gives us that originality to his concept too. This is one of those.If you pick up just one book this year, let it be this one. "Highly recommended" is an understatement. Hands-down one of my top favorite books of 2012.
45 of 53 people found the following review helpful.
Spoilers for the Novel!!
By Nichole Bellow
Every Day by David Levithan tells the story of `A'. `A' is a person with no body. Every day `A' wakes up in the body of a new person. For sixteen years this is the way `A' has lived: everyday a new life with new people and relationships. `A' has rules: try and keep things normal, don't do anything that could change things too much. Then, `A' wakes up in Justin and meets Justin's girlfriend, Rhiannon. That's when everything changes.I completely admit that I bought this book solely because of the idea. The idea that a person wakes up in a different body every day, always apart of the world but never truly in it - that interested me. I think a lot of the ideas in this novel are fascinating. And, I do think it could have brought up a lot of difficult questions. Sadly, the novel falls flat in that regard. There is the story line with Poole and Nathan, but that quickly goes somewhere, than ends up going nowhere important. Yes, A learns something, but it's not enough to be a solid ending to that story line. (Maybe Levithan is leaving it open to a possible book two?)I liked the ideas presented in the novel, but I didn't care for `A'. The insta-love `A' felt for Rhiannon seemed obsessive and borderline creepy. It seemed the only reasons `A' loved Rhiannon was because she was always kind and because she needed to be saved from her jerkass boyfriend, Justin. That's it. I didn't buy this love story, and as I said, I found it obsessive and borderline creepy. At least Rhiannon was unsure of things; at least she acted normal. I nearly cheered when she told `A' that it was wrong of `A' to highjack peoples' bodies and daily lives just to spend time with her. Maybe that day was going to be important? Instead of passing that test or meeting someone special that poor person's body is at a coffee house hours from his/her home. Uncool `A'. Uncool.Then you have the whole Nathan thing. `A' seemed to go back and forth on if Nathan was a responsibility or not. Nathan was a responsibility, because `A' broke the rules and didn't do what needed to be done. I hated that Nathan was pushed aside as often as he was.What else? Oh, yes. Levithan is overly preachy isn't he? I'm a friend and ally of the LGBTQ community, but the way `A' kept going on and on and on about love being a soul thing and about sex and gender not mattering in the long run - yes, agree. But . . . could you not mention it every other chapter? I get your point - no need to beat me over the head with it. Love is beautiful, got it. While I'm on this, there were a couple of chapters that really pissed me off. The one where `A' is in the obese young man - it felt rather sizeist and made me see flames. Actually, `A' came off as a bit of a jerk a lot in this novel, especially in the way `A' viewed others. Like Justin. Yes, Justin is probably a jerk, but I felt like he was a jerk just to be a jerk. Just so `A' could "save" Rhiannon.So, let's look at it. Five stars:Minus a half star for all the preachy moments. Minus half a star for `A' being a jerk and for the sizeist chapter. Minus a star and a half for `A''s insta-love and creepy obsessive behavior about/toward Rhiannon. Minus half a story for the way the Nathan/Poole/A story line was dealt with. That's minus three stars.Total score: 2/5 stars. I'm so disappointed! (On the side note: a lot of the people 'A' entered seemed really interesting. Could we get some stories about them?)
24 of 27 people found the following review helpful.
A True Love Story In Every Sense of the Word
By Leah
A is sixteen, but not the average sixteen year old. While A goes to school and has friends, A's issue is that every day, A wakes up in the body of a different person: A has been male, female, gay, straight, different races and religions. There is no known reason for why this happens. One day, A wakes up in the body of a boy named Justin; when he meets Justin's girlfriend Rhiannon, A falls in love. But how do you maintain a relationship with someone when you constantly change?EDIT: This is the first novel I have read by author/editor David Levithan, and I was blown away by this story. Logic need not apply, not that it matters, since this book is so fascinating in its ideas. Mr. Levithan presents a character who is neither male or female, who just is, and is able to create a beautiful voice which brings the lives of different people together. A is flawed, but is so relatable, with an interesting tale to tell. Rhiannon, while equally flawed, was a character that could be empathized with. These two discover the different facets of love together. There is also an interesting subplot involving one of the persons A occupied. This was expertly woven into the book.The narration is never preachy but there is a message about love and what it means to love and care for someone for who they are. The love story presented here is not obsessive or demeaning with the "I can treat you like garbage because I secretly 'love you'" vibe, which is an unfortunate trend in books for young adults. This is the type that builds you up. I can't thank Mr. Levithan enough for restoring my faith in the young adult love story genre.Some readers might be turned off by the idea of this book. Some might find the jumping around from body to body disorienting (I did sometimes). However, this book is beautifully told and should not be missed. Highly recommended!
