Every Day
Ratings183
Average rating3.7
Il arrive souvent qu'un roman soit basé sur une très bonne idée originale. Il est plus rare que cette idée soit bien exploitée et que le résultat soit à la hauteur de l'espoir donné par l'idée de départ. Avec ce roman, c'est le cas : l'histoire est excellente et se lit avec un grand plaisir, et une certain émotion.
I really enjoyed this one. It gives an interesting perspective on living life in the ‘now' with no past or future - as well as living life with no attachments or history. ‘A' flits from life to life until given a reason to focus on what's missing. I enjoyed A's journey and was sorry the book ended.
The entire time I was reading this book, it felt familiar. I don't know why.. it could of been that I have read it before or a book like it. Overall, it was a wonderful book. It was a little predictable. I wish the book had more of a background in it. How did he get like this? Why? I wish he looked more into it but I understand he just wanted to live day by day with Rhiannon.
[SPOILER]
I knew when things would happen and that he would eventually get into the body of Rhiannon. I was reading it life by life hoping that he would find himself or there would be a glitch so he would be in one body. I did not like the ending because it was just like a “REALLY?” ending. You want A to be happy. Somehow find himself.
It was a really good book though. Wasn't like many other books. I think I have only read one other book that was like this; hence the familiarity. (But in that book the person only woke up in one body the whole time) I would recommend this book to anyone looking for an easy read with a lot of emotion.
A 2.5 star rating would have been more accurate, but I rounded up. 3 stars for the interesting premise and page-turner story-telling. 2 stars for the voice of a 16-year old narrator not being very believable and some seeming inconsistencies that kept pulling me out of the story.
Pros: brilliant concept, brilliant writing, compelling characters, thought provoking
Cons:
For Parents: some sexual content, some swearing, very minor violence (two teens fight), mention of drug use
‘A' wakes up in a new body every day. The only similarities are the age of A's hosts and their relative proximity to A's previous host. A has come up with a guideline for his/her life: don't mess with the host's life.
When A wakes up in Justin's body and meets Justin's girlfriend, Rhiannon, his/her guideline changes to: spend as much time with Rhiannon as s/he can, often making his/her daily hosts act completely unlike themselves for one day. This starts to cause problems, both for them and for A.
But A no longer cares. All A wants is for Rhiannon to reciprocate his/her love.
This novel is brilliant. The writing is amazing, the premise is bizarre but handled brilliantly, the characters are interesting, both A and Rhiannon. Similarly A's host bodies are varied by gender, sexuality, race, religion, social class, size, etc. Some are drug addicts, some are nice, some are definitely not nice - to themselves or others.
The premise allows for a lot of interesting social and cultural issues to be brought up - how we see ourselves and how we judge others - making this a really thought provoking book. A's acceptance of everyone as they are, and his/her eventual judgements regarding them as s/he starts to see his/her hosts the way Rhiannon does, with her social conditioning, is fascinating.
It's a brilliant novel and even if you're not a fan of romances, it's worth the read.
Short review: This was a very unique book. As a concept it was great. As a book it wasn't bad. It is worth reading just for the unique concept (a teen wakes up in a different body every day, and falls in love).
I am having a hard time putting my finger on why, but it just felt like it wasn't done as well as it could have been. I am mixed between a 3 and a 4. But I rounded down because I didn't think much of the end. But I still think it is worth reading.
My full review is at http://bookwi.se/every-day-by-david-levithan/
This book was very interesting. It raised a lot of questions about love and attraction and made me think. I think many people would find this book challenging. It also requires a lot of suspension of disbelief and you need to have a “just roll with it” attitude for much of it. “A” wakes up in a different body every morning and must deal with that person's realities for only one day. Such an existence, you might imagine, does not lend itself to long term relationships but one day A falls deeply in love. Angst-ridden adventures ensue. Recommended with reservations.
I loved how this book had me interested from the very first page, every chapter like a new story.
Requires a major suspension of disbelief and the ability to accept some leaps in logic (how would a person who lives in a different body every day maintain an email account?) but if you can get past that, you will find a haunting, bittersweet, thought-provoking story that is NOT for young adults only. My daughter introduced me to David Levithan 5 years ago, when she was a teenager. She's moved past him now but I have not!